U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is in Madrid for talks with China. For two months, Chinese diplomats have courted the White House, hoping to lock in a visit by President Trump to China that would grant leader Xi Jinping a significant diplomatic victory, according to people familiar with the matter. PREMIUM China Pushes for Trump…
The Trump administration is expected to again extend a September 17 deadline for China’s ByteDance to divest the US assets of short-video app TikTok or shut it down, sources told Reuters as the US-China talks entered second day. If allowed, it would be the fourth reprieve granted by US President Donald Trump from federal enforcement…
Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are leading a new round of trade talks in Madrid, with the tariff truce reached in Stockholm set to expire in November. The delegations arrived at the Spanish foreign ministry in central Madrid on Sunday afternoon local time, just hours after the Chinese team touched…
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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng are set to meet in Madrid next week, keeping alive high-level talks on trade, security and economic flashpoints, both Washington and Beijing confirmed on Friday. The talks will run for four days, starting on Sunday, according to China’s Commerce Ministry. “The two sides will…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng are set to meet for another round of US-China talks. Both sides are searching for a way forward on a TikTok ban and a November tariff deadline. The meeting in Madrid will cover “trade issues of mutual interest,” including the fate of TikTok in the…
As agreed by China and the United States, Chinese and U.S. teams will hold talks on TikTok and other issues in Spain, a spokesperson with the Ministry of Commerce said on Friday, News.az reports citing BBC. China’s position on the TikTok issue is clear and consistent, the spokesperson said. China is firmly committed to safeguarding…
Good morning. It’s Jeremy here, filling in for Andrew, who is now on paternity leave for a bit. So you’ll see a rotating cast of Fortune tech journalists writing this newsletter for a few weeks. Fortune Brainstorm Tech wrapped yesterday. Here were a few highlights from the final day of the conference: Tom Hale, the…
China has confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the US House of Representatives will visit the country later this month for the first time in over six years. “China welcomes Representative Adam Smith, ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, to lead a delegation to visit China,” Liu Pengyu, spokesman for the…