China says agrees to new US trade talks ‘as soon as possible’

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A shopper browses past shelves of cooking oil for sale at a supermarket in Beijing on October 15, 2025. China on Saturday it was open to anew round of trade talks with the US after President Trump slammed China's halt of American soybean purchases as an "economically hostile act," warning October 14 that his country could in turn stop buying cooking oil from the world's second-biggest economy. (AFP)
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BEIJING: China said Saturday it has agreed to conduct a new round of trade talks with the United States “as soon as possible,” as leaders seek to avoid another damaging tit-for-tat tariff battle.
The announcement came following a video call between Beijing’s chief negotiator, Vice Premier He Lifeng, and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, which involved “candid, in-depth and constructive exchanges,” state news agency Xinhua said.
 

 

Topics: China-US trade war