US, China Officials Conclude Meeting on Financial Issues
Voice of America
FILE — Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng sits across from U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in San Francisco, California, on Nov. 9, 2023. U.S. Treasury Department officials recently met with He and their counterparts in China to discuss and work together on several issues.
U.S. and Chinese officials have completed the third meeting of a working group established to cooperate on financial issues, in a step that continues the trend set by the two powers last November to ease tensions.
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