US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said that he will be speaking with a Chinese official about the ongoing trade war before President Donald Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the upcoming G20 summit, reported CNBC.
'I have a conversation set up with my counterpart on the telephone in the next day and a half, and then I expect to meet with him with [Treasury Secretary Steven] Mnuchin in Osaka before the president meets with Xi,' Mr Lighthizer said before the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives.
President Trump announced that he would have an 'extended meeting' with Xi at the summit, which is scheduled for June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan. President Xi confirmed this to Chinese state media since.
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'I have a conversation set up with my counterpart on the telephone in the next day and a half, and then I expect to meet with him with [Treasury Secretary Steven] Mnuchin in Osaka before the president meets with Xi,' Mr Lighthizer said before the chief tax-writing committee of the United States House of Representatives.
President Trump announced that he would have an 'extended meeting' with Xi at the summit, which is scheduled for June 28-29 in Osaka, Japan. President Xi confirmed this to Chinese state media since.
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