Top U.S. and Chinese economic officials launched a new round of talks in Paris on Sunday to iron out problems in the trade truce and create a smoother atmosphere for U.S. President Donald Trump’s trip to Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in late March.

Discussions, led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, are expected to focus on changing U.S. tariffs, the flow of Chinese-made rare minerals and magnets to U.S. buyers, U.S. controls on high-tech exports and Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products.

The two sides began talks Sunday morning at the headquarters of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, a U.S. Treasury Department official said. China is not a member of this group of 38 mostly wealthy democracies and considers itself a developing country.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will also join the talks, which continue after a series of meetings in European cities last year aimed at reducing tensions that threatened to collapse trade between the world’s two largest economies.

U.S.-China trade analysts say that, due to the timing of limited to preparation and Washington’s focus on the US-Israeli war against Iran, the possibilities for major trade progress are limited, either in Paris or at the Beijing summit.

Trump and Xi could meet three more times this year, including an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit hosted by China in November, and a G20 summit hosted by the US in December, which could bring more progress. concrete.

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Source: prizrenpost