All eyes on October as US and China wrap up trade war talks in Washington
- Both sides discuss details for next month’s meeting which could determine whether the two countries work towards a solution or head towards even more tariffs
China and the United States wrapped up “productive” trade talks in Washington on Friday, with both sides saying they were looking forward to the next round of higher-level discussions in October.
In a statement, deputy US trade representative Jeffrey Gerrish, who led the US delegation, described the talks as “productive”.
Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He is expected to hold talks with his US counterparts next month to determine whether the two countries work towards a solution or head for more tariffs on each other’s goods.
On Friday as Washington removed tariffs on more than 400 Chinese products, US President Donald Trump said his administration was “making a lot of progress” with China.
Trump said the US was taking in billions of dollars from tariffs imposed on Chinese products and the total would soon reach US$100 billion.