Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao held talks with visiting U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in Beijing on August 28. The two parties “engaged in rational, candid and constructive communication regarding the implementation of the consensus reached by the two heads of state at their [November 2022] meeting in Bali, Indonesia, focusing on China-U.S. economic and trade relations, as well as economic and trade issues of common concern.”
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