'Within the last nine months, we had three rounds of consultations; I think we have more and more consensus about it,' said Jin Xu, a former senior commerce ministry official.
The U.S. and China are reaching greater consensus on trade issues, a former official at the Chinese commerce ministry told CNBC on Thursday.
"Both countries agree to have more and more mutual understanding and also want to build much better relations for business people for the two countries," Jin told CNBC's Martin Soong in Beijing. China is currently in the midst of a two-week long annual parliamentary meeting, the National People's Congress, which kicked off on Tuesday and ends next Friday .
Jin also weighed in on the troubles of Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei, which the Trump administration has accused of stealing trade secrets and skirting sanctions. The U.S. government has also tried to persuade allies against using Huawei gear amid concerns that its equipment could be used for espionage.
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