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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies earlier the House Committee connected Appropriations, Subcommittee connected Financial Services and General Government, oversight proceeding of the U.S. Department of the Treasury connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
WASHINGTON – Top U.S. officials are acceptable to conscionable with a high-level Chinese delegation this play successful Switzerland, the medication announced Tuesday, successful the archetypal large talks betwixt the 2 nations since President Donald Trump sparked a commercialized warfare betwixt the 2 powers with stiff tariffs connected imports.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and commercialized typical Jamieson Greer volition conscionable with their counterparts successful Geneva successful the most-senior known conversations betwixt the 2 countries successful months. It comes amid increasing U.S. marketplace interest implicit the interaction of the tariffs connected the prices and proviso of user goods.
Trump had claimed antecedently that the U.S. and China were holding negotiations connected lowering tariffs, which Beijing has denied, saying Trump indispensable archetypal little his stiff tariffs.
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