Janet Yellen and China’s Top Trade Negotiator Discuss Tariffs on Call

HONG KONG—Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen spoke by videoconference about subjects together with American tariffs on Chinese items, amid expectations that the Biden administration could roll back some of the duties on greater than $350 billion in Chinese imports this week.

During the digital assembly on Tuesday, Mr. Liu, China’s prime commerce negotiator, instructed Ms. Yellen that the lifting of extra tariffs and sanctions have been of nice curiosity to China, based on an announcement by the nation’s official Xinhua News Agency. He additionally lobbied for what he known as honest therapy of Chinese corporations, the information outlet reported, describing the exchanges as “constructive.”