China's Vice Premier He Lifeng
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China's Vice Premier He Lifeng to Lead Trade Talks in London

It will be Vice Premier He Lifeng who will lead China's delegation to the trade talks in London on Monday. This means that it will be the same team captains on China's and the US's sides as in Switzerland in May.

On Friday, it emerged that Finance Minister Scott Bessent, Trade Minister Howard Lutnick and trade representative Jamieson Greer are among the participants in London on Monday.

Now, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing reports that He Lifeng will be in the United Kingdom from Sunday to Friday and, among other things, meet with the American negotiators for a second round of trade talks.

After negotiations in Switzerland in May under the leadership of Bessent and He Lifeng, the world's two largest economies agreed to put the extremely high levels of import tariffs on hold for 90 days to allow for more negotiations.

But lately, it has started to creak in the joints and the tone between Beijing and Washington has frozen again.

On Thursday, Trump spoke on the phone with China's President Xi Jinping for the first time since Trump became president for the second time, with trade tariffs among the things on the agenda.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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