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US-China trade talks in London enter
their second day
[June 10, 2025]
By Jill Lawless
LONDON (AP)
— The U.S. and China are holding a second day of talks Tuesday in London
aimed at easing their trade dispute, after President Donald Trump said
China is “not easy” but the U.S. was “doing well” at the negotiations.
A Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier He Lifeng met U.S. Commerce
Secretary Howard Lutnick, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade
Representative Jamieson Greer for several hours on Monday at Lancaster
House, an ornate 200-year-old mansion near Buckingham Palace. |
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Vice Premier He
Lifeng, center right, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, center
left, pose for a group photo with delegations before their meeting to
discuss China-U.S. trade, in London, Monday, June 9, 2025. (Li
Ying/Xinhua via AP) |
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Wang Wentao, China’s commerce minister, and trade negotiator Li
Chenggang are also in Beijing’s delegation.
Asked late Monday how the negotiations were going, Trump told
reporters: “We are doing well with China. China’s not easy.”
The two sides are trying to build on negotiations in Geneva last
month that agreed to a 90-day suspension of most of the
100%-plus tariffs they had imposed on each other in an
escalating trade war that had sparked fears of recession.
Since the Geneva talks, the U.S. and China have exchanged angry
words over advanced semiconductors that power artificial
intelligence, visas for Chinese students at American
universities and ” rare earth ” minerals that are vital to
carmakers and other industries.
Trump spoke at length with Chinese leader Xi Jinping by phone
last Thursday in an attempt to put relations back on track.
Trump announced on social media the following day that the trade
talks would resume in London.
China, the world's biggest producer of rare earths, has signaled
it may ease export restrictions it placed on the elements in
April, alarming automakers around the world who rely on them.
Beijing, in turn, wants the U.S. to lift restrictions on Chinese
access to the technology used to make advanced semiconductors.
Trump said that he wants to “open up China,” the world’s
dominant manufacturer, to U.S. products.
“If we don’t open up China, maybe we won’t do anything,” Trump
said at the White House. “But we want to open up China.”
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Associated Press writer Josh Boak in Washington contributed to
this story.
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