Yellen says her talks with Chinese finance chief laid groundwork for Biden's meeting with Xi
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she and her Chinese counterpart have agreed to work toward a “healthy economic relationship,” during two days of talks that she said helped lay the groundwork for a productive meeting next week between Presiden...
SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday that she and her Chinese counterpart agreed to work toward a “healthy economic relationship,” during two days of talks that she said helped lay the groundwork for a productive meeting next week between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Yellen said many disagreements remain between the two countries, but she and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng committed to working together “on global challenges, from debt issues to climate change-related economic issues.”
And both countries, she said, “welcome the objective of a healthy economic relationship that provides a level playing field for companies and workers in both countries and benefits the two peoples."
She added that she plans to return to China next year after making her first trip there as treasury secretary in July.
Biden and Xi will meet Wednesday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, the first engagement in a year between the leaders of the world's two biggest economies.
Their finance chiefs held talks in San Francisco this week with the aim of making progress on a slew of economic and trade issues at a time when competition has markedly intensified between their countries.
A Treasury Department readout of the meetings said both sides agreed to increase communications on economic issues and emphasized a commitment not to break economic ties.
“Our mutual desire, both China and the United
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