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 by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) July 15, 2019
Top US and Chinese trade negotiators are due to speak by telephone in the coming days, but no face-to-face talks have been scheduled yet, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday. That would be the second call in two weeks by senior officials from Washington and Beijing as the thaw in fraught trade negotiations continues. "We expect to have another principal-level call this week," Mnuchin told reporters on Monday. "To the extent we make significant progress, there's a good chance we'll go there later." President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart last month agreed to resume trade talks after discussions collapsed in early May when the American side accused Beijing of reneging on key commitments. As a result, Trump jacked up duty rates on $200 billion in Chinese imports but agreed last month not to move forward with another $300 billion in import duties. He said Monday the tariffs are starting to bite on the Chinese economy, which saw its economic growth hit the slowest pace in 27 years. "This is why China wants to make a deal....with the U.S., and wishes it had not broken the original deal in the first place," Trump tweeted. He continues to insist incorrectly that tariffs are paid by China rather than by US companies and consumers, and again accused Beijing of devaluing its currency to make its products cheaper even with the tariffs. Washington and Beijing have hit each other with punitive tariffs covering more than $360 billion in two-way trade. Mnuchin and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer had a phone conversation last week with China's Vice Premier Liu He and Commerce Minister Zhong Shan.
US asks Swiss to extradite accused Chinese pharma spy Geneva (AFP) July 9, 2019 The United States has asked Switzerland to extradite a Chinese researcher accused of helping his sister steal valuable secrets from pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), officials said Tuesday. Gongda Xue, a Chinese national living in Switzerland, is the brother of Yu Xue, who last year pleaded guilty to conspiracy to steal trade secrets from GSK in order to benefit a Chinese pharmaceutical company called Renopharma. A US indictment alleges that Gongda Xue, who previously worked for the F ... read more
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