The US government has announced that Treasury Secretary Bessent will hold the fourth round of economic and trade talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Madrid next week.
Foreign media cited the US Treasury Department as saying that US Treasury Secretary Bessent will meet with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and other officials in Madrid, Spain next week to discuss trade and national security issues.
The report indicated that the US Treasury Department stated this US-China meeting is part of Bessent's visit to Spain and the UK from the 12th to the 18th of this month. The report also mentioned that topics for discussion include the situation of the short video sharing platform TikTok, as well as joint US-China efforts to combat money laundering. According to the Treasury Department, Bessent will meet with Spanish and British government officials in Madrid and London respectively, and will later participate in US President Trump's state visit to the UK, where she will meet with King Charles III.
The meeting between Bessent and He Lifeng in Spain aims to maintain reconciliation in the US-China trade war. This is the fourth face-to-face meeting this year between the lead economic and trade negotiators from both sides.