China’s chief economic envoy and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen have held their first meeting by video but the two sides gave no indication when negotiations on ending their tariff war might resume.
Beijing (Reuters) - Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He exchanged views with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on issues of mutual “concern”, in his second virtual call in a week with top economic and trade officials under the Joe Biden administration. Mr Liu, who has led China’s negotiations in Sino-US trade talks since former US president Donald Trump went on a trade.
Ahead of US President Joe Biden’s maiden trip to Europe in mid-June, Germany and the United States are holding talks in Washington in a bid to settle the long-running row over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The timing of the German-American rendezvous is anything but coincidental.
Germany’s
Funke Media Group reported earlier this week that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s two top aides have been tasked with preparing a compromise deal on Nord Stream 2 – a pipeline meant to bring Russian gas to Western Europe – ahead of Biden’s visit.
A German delegation led by Merkel’s foreign policy aide, Jan Hecker, and her chief economic adviser, Lars-Hendrik Roeller, is holding a crisis meeting on Wednesday with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Trade Representative Katherine Tai in the Washington residence of the German ambassador to the US, Emily Haber.
WTO member countries which include Australia, Brazil, Britain, Japan, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, and Taiwan, EU, and the UK expressed doubts.
Read more about US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expresses solidarity with India on Business Standard. Washington [US], June 1 (ANI): Indian Ambassador to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Sunday called on US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to discuss the strategic partnership between the two countries, especially in the Quad, COVID-19