According to the agency, the talks were held by Vice Premier of the State Council of China Liu He and US Trade Representative Robert Laitizer, as well as US Minister of Finance Stephen Mnuchin.
“The Chinese side has made a presentation to the United States in connection with the increase in duties on Chinese goods since September 1. The parties agreed to hold a telephone conversation again over the next two weeks, ”the ministry said.
Earlier, the head of the School of Oriental Studies at the Higher School of Economics, Alexei Maslov, in an interview with the NSN, assessed the possible consequences of an intensified trade war between the US and China.