US Senator Daines Meets China VP He With Trade Tensions High
Live MintUS Senator Steve Daines stressed his belief in “constructive dialogue” during a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing that took place against a backdrop of heightened trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. “On this visit, of course, we’re at a time when we have important issues to discuss between our two countries.” The Chinese vice premier’s public meeting with the senator is his first with a sitting American politician since President Donald Trump returned to office. Daines is scheduled to hold talks with Premier Li Qiang on Sunday, where he is expected to be briefed on developments in China and its government’s “broad policies.” The gatherings take place before an April 1 deadline for the US to review Beijing’s compliance with the so-called phase one trade deal struck during Trump’s first term. The US politician worked in China and Hong Kong for six years in the 1990s as an executive for Proctor & Gamble Co. Read: US-China Tariff Talks Stuck at Lower Levels, Stoking Frustration Daines played an important role as an intermediary during the last trade war between the two nations, holding high-level meetings in 2019 with officials in Beijing, including President Xi Jinping’s top negotiator at the time, Liu He.
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