China’s foreign ministry said on Friday it understood that trade talks with visiting senior U.S. officials were ongoing, Reuters reports.
Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comment at a daily news briefing in Beijing.
The discussions, led by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, are expected to cover a wide range of U.S. complaints about China’s trade practices, from accusations of forced technology transfers to state subsidies for technology development.