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Beijing and Washington hold first bilateral trade council meeting

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China and the United States held the first meeting of their trade council on Friday, by video conference, under their bilateral economic and trade consultation mechanism. China’s Ministry of Commerce announced it on Saturday, according to Hapi Journal.

China and the United States held the first meeting of their bilateral trade council on Friday 13 November, by video conference. The meeting took place under the economic and trade consultation mechanism between the two countries, according to China’s Ministry of Commerce cited by Reuters.

The meeting comes as Beijing and Washington are engaged in a trade truce extended until January. The two countries had also discussed implementation of their trade agreement concluded in Busan, according to information already reported by Hapi Journal and Reuters.

This first trade council meeting follows the extension of the trade truce with Beijing, announced on 23 September, and then US demands of 6 November concerning implementation of the Busan trade agreement.

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