The two premiers will meet soon after the United States imposed an increment on tariff hikes and China retaliates back with higher tariffs on US goods.
US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping are expected to meet soon.
Cellphones and laptops would be included in that list but pharmaceuticals would be excluded, the office said. “Maybe something will happen,” Trump said in remarks at the White House. “We’re going to be meeting, as you know, at the G20 in Japan and that’ll be, I think, probably a very fruitful meeting.”
US farmers are among those most hurt by the trade war, with soybean sales to China plummeting and US soybean futures hitting their lowest level in a decade. It said the tariffs would take effect on June 1. “China’s adjustment on additional tariffs is a response to US unilateralism and protectionism,” its finance ministry said.
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