China and US to hold high-level trade talks in Paris before Trump’s Beijing visit | South China Morning Post

VirtualRichDream · 2026-03-05T02:34:46+00:00

China and the US will hold high-level trade talks in Paris, led by Vice Premier He Lifeng and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, ahead of President Trump's visit to China. This meeting aims to address tariffs and investments as part of ongoing negotiations following a tariff war.

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2026-03-05 02:34:46

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China and the United States will hold a new round of high-level trade talks in Paris at the end of next week, according to sources from both sides, as preparations press on for US President Donald Trump’s visit to China.

Led by Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, the two delegations will meet in the French capital to discuss trade and investment deals – including on tariffs, investment, soybeans and rare earths – that would be presented as deliverables when Trump meets President Xi Jinping weeks later, the sources said.

The White House has announced that Trump will travel to China from March 31 to April 2, his first trip to the country since returning to power in early 2025. Beijing has yet to confirm the schedule, despite saying both sides “have maintained communication at all levels”.

The forthcoming meeting led by He and Bessent, of which sources said the date and venue were still subject to change, will be the sixth round of trade negotiations between Beijing and Washington after Trump launched an unprecedented tariff war in April last year.

The two sides previously met in Geneva, London, Stockholm, Madrid and Kuala Lumpur, significantly rolling back tariffs on each other that had reached as high as three digits.

The US-China tariff landscape, however, could enter a new phase of uncertainty following a landmark US Supreme Court ruling in February that struck down 20 per cent tariffs imposed by Trump on Chinese products last year, forcing the administration to scramble for alternatives.

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