The head of China's trade negotiating team, Vice-Premier Liu He, and U.S. Trade Representative Bob Lighthizer, are expected to hold talks in August, the South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported, echoing prior reports from other media and including remarks by Lighthizer earlier this month.
The meeting will be “an important inflection point” to allow both sides to assess the progress of the deal, a source told the SCMP.
However, if because of the prevailing tensions between Washington and Beijing, “there was less of an appetite for engagement at the moment,” the two sides might agree that a telephone conversation between Lighthizer and Liu on May 8 had satisfied the “meeting” clause of the deal, the source said.
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