China, U.S. begin 9th round of trade talks next week

BEIJING, June 8, 2017 : Liu Qibao, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the committee's Publicity Department, addresses the opening ceremony of the BRICS Media Forum in Beijing, capital of China, June 8, 2017. The forum opened here on Thursday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi via Getty Images)

BEIJING, Mar 30, 2019, Xinhua. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin co-hosted the eighth round of China-U.S. high-level economic and trade consultations in Beijing from Thursday to Friday, reported the Xinhua.

The two sides discussed the related text of an agreement and achieved new progress.

Liu, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, was invited to visit the United States next week for the ninth round of high-level economic and trade talks in Washington D.C.