BEIJING (Reuters) -Senior Chinese negotiator Li Chenggang is heading to Washington this week for trade talks with the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Li Chenggang, the top aide to Beijing’s lead negotiator, He Lifeng, will meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and senior officials at the Department of the Treasury later this week, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report, which also said Li will meet with representatives of the U.S. business community.
The Chinese commerce ministry and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the report.
Li’s trip would follow three preceding trade negotiations between the world’s two largest economies since May – in Geneva, London and, earlier this month in Stockholm.
Li is expected to discuss soybean purchases and push for the U.S. to relax restrictions on technology exports to China, WSJ reported.
Beijing is likely to also continue to demand that the Trump administration remove the fentanyl-related tariffs of 20% in negotiations over soybeans and Boeing jets, according to WSJ.
The U.S. and China extended a tariff truce for another 90 days two weeks ago, staving off triple-digit duties on each other’s goods that would have resulted in a virtual trade embargo between the two countries.
The order maintains a 30% U.S. tariff on Chinese imports, and a 10% Chinese duties on U.S. imports.
(Reporting by Liz Lee in Beijing, Devika Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Christian Schmollinger and Saad Sayeed)
