Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, who is head of the China’s negotiation team in Sino-U.S. trade talks, will sign a “Phase One” deal in Washington next week, according to Reuters. Liu will travel to Washington January 13-15, said Gao Feng, spokesman at the commerce ministry.
The Chinese delegation will include 10 officials, among them Zhong Shan, minister of commerce, Yi Gang, governor of the People’s Bank of China, Liao Min, vice minister of finance and Zheng Zeguang, vice minister of foreign affairs, as well as China’s ambassador to Washington, Cui Tiankai.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign the agreement.
Preceding this agreement, China announced it would resume imports of U.S. chicken. Despite no text of the agreement being available, the deal is expected to address tariff rates on a variety of U.S. agricultural products in addition to other non-tariff trade barriers.
