US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (L) shakes arms with Chinese language Vice Premier He Lifeng throughout a gathering on the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 8, 2023.
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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will host her Chinese language counterpart, Vice Premier He Lifeng, for 2 days of “intensive diplomacy” in San Francisco on Nov. 9-10, the Treasury Division introduced Monday.
The bilateral talks are a part of a broader push between American and Chinese language officers to make progress on particular points, forward of an anticipated assembly between President Joe Biden and Chinese language President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Financial Cooperation discussion board subsequent week.
China has not but confirmed Xi’s attendance on the California summit, however U.S. officers have stated they’re optimistic.
“Our two nations have an obligation to determine resilient traces of open communication and to forestall our disagreements from spiraling into battle,” Yellen wrote Monday in an op-ed for The Washington Submit. “However we additionally know that our relationship can’t be circumscribed to disaster administration.”
The Treasury Division is tasked with implementing an August government order that requires the stricter regulation of high-tech exports to China from U.S. firms that produce semiconductors, quantum know-how and synthetic intelligence.
“As we take these actions, our coverage is to obviously articulate their intent and design to different nations, together with China, to cut back the danger of confusion and miscalculation,” Yellen wrote.
China, nonetheless, stays a prolific buying and selling companion with the U.S. Chinese language imports and exports ranked third amongst all buying and selling companions this yr, in line with the Commerce Division. Yellen and Vice Premier He have additionally sought to increase buying and selling potential by financial and monetary working teams launched in September.
The teams will “present ongoing channels for our groups to drill into the substance of financial and monetary coverage points,” Yellen wrote within the Submit.
Ongoing discussions with He’ll tackle acceptable responses to limitations posed by China’s noncompliance with market rules, similar to “dumping” exports into the U.S. market at a decrease than established market worth, and coercion of much less outstanding buying and selling companions.
“In sure sectors, these unfair practices have resulted within the overconcentration of the manufacturing of crucial items inside China,” Yellen wrote, however added {that a} “private-sector pullback” from China would set off dysfunction.
“Numerous provide chains are essential in a unstable world; decoupling our economies can be economically disastrous and run counter to our nationwide pursuits,” Yellen wrote.
