New progress made in latest round of China-U.S. trade talks

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He (center), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (left), and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin participate in a new round of high-level economic and trade consultations held in Beijing from March 28 to 29, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin co-hosted the eighth round of China-U.S. high-level economic and trade consultations in Beijing from Thursday to Friday.

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He (left), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (center), and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin participate in a new round of high-level economic and trade consultations held in Beijing from March 28 to 29, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

The two sides discussed the related text of an agreement and achieved new progress.

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He (left), also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (right), and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin participate in a new round of high-level economic and trade consultations held in Beijing from March 28 to 29, 2019. [Photo: Xinhua]

Liu, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, was invited to visit the United States next week for the ninth round of high-level economic and trade talks in Washington D.C.