US, Chinese officials to meet in London next week for new round of trade talks
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON AP Senior U S administration personnel will meet with a Chinese delegation on Monday in London for the next round of arrangement negotiations between Washington and Beijing President Donald Trump announced Friday The meeting comes after a phone call between Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday which the U S president described as a very positive conversation as the two countries attempt to break an impasse over tariffs and global supplies of rare earth minerals Related Articles X users were glued to the Musk v Trump blowup Could this be good for the platform What cases are left on the Supreme Court s urgency docket Here s a look State Dept says current US visas from journey ban countries will not be revoked Supreme Court allows DOGE squad to access Social Measure systems with statistics on millions of Americans Trump once opened the door to the LGBTQ locality Now activists say he s their top threat Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U S Agreement Representative Jamieson Greer will represent the U S side in the arrangement talks The meeting should go very well Trump wrote on his social media platform Friday afternoon Speaking to reporters on Air Force One Friday Trump mentioned Xi had agreed to restart exports of rare earth minerals and magnets to the U S which China had slowed threatening a range of U S manufacturers that relied on the critical materials The was no immediate confirmation from China The Thursday conversation between Trump and Xi who lead the world s two biggest economies lasted about an hour and a half according to the U S president The Chinese foreign ministry has disclosed Trump initiated the call The ministry revealed Xi solicited Trump to remove the negative measures that the U S has taken against China It also disclosed that Trump mentioned the U S loves to have Chinese students coming to evaluation in America although his administration has vowed to revoke several of their visas
