Top Chinese, US Officials To Continue Trade Talks: Xinhua

China's top economic official Liu He spoke by phone with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday and "agreed to continue to communicate" on trade issues, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Beijing, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Mar, 2018 ) :China's top economic official Liu He spoke by phone with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday and "agreed to continue to communicate" on trade issues, the official Xinhua news agency said.

The call came at a time of heightened tensions after US President Donald Trump on Thursday authorised tariffs on as much as $60 billion of Chinese imports. Liu He, a Harvard-educated Communist Party official who was elevated on Monday to the key role of vice premier, is expected to oversee China's financial and economic sectors.

On the phone, he accused a US investigation of violating international trade rules and told Mnuchin that Beijing was ready to defend its interests, Xinhua said.