Beijing and Washington began high-stakes trade negotiations in Geneva on Saturday as Chinese official media reiterated calls for the US to lift its tariffs on exports from the country to show its “sincerity”.
The meeting between Chinese negotiators led by Vice-Premier He Lifeng and a US team headed by Treasury secretary Scott Bessent comes a day after Donald Trump signalled his openness to cutting tariffs on China to de-escalate their trade war.
“High-level economic and trade talks between China and the United States began in Geneva,” state news agency Xinhua said in a brief statement on the meeting, which is expected to last two days. It did not provide further details on He’s team. Bessent is being accompanied by trade representative Jamieson Greer in the talks.