US Exchequer Secretary Janet Yellen (L) shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng during a meeting at the Diaoyutai Articulate Guesthouse in Beijing on July 8, 2023.
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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen resolve host her Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier He Lifeng, for two days of “intensive diplomacy” in San Francisco on Nov. 9-10, the Treasury Turn on announced Monday.
The bilateral talks are part of a broader push between American and Chinese officials to make evolution on specific issues, ahead of an expected meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Pecuniary Cooperation forum next week.
China has not yet confirmed Xi’s attendance at the California summit, but U.S. officials have said they are idealistic.
“Our two nations have an obligation to establish resilient lines of open communication and to prevent our disagreements from spiraling into brawl,” Yellen wrote Monday in an op-ed for The Washington Post. “But we also know that our relationship cannot be circumscribed to catastrophe management.”
The Treasury Department is tasked with implementing an August executive order that calls for the stricter pronouncement of high-tech exports to China from U.S. companies that produce semiconductors, quantum technology and artificial intelligence.
“As we assess as these actions, our policy is to clearly articulate their intent and design to other countries, including China, to lower the risk of misunderstanding and miscalculation,” Yellen wrote.
China, however, remains a prolific trading partner with the U.S. Chinese gists and exports ranked third among all trading partners this year, according to the Commerce Department. Yellen and Transgression Premier He have also sought to expand trading potential through economic and financial working groups initiated in September.
The groups will “provide ongoing channels for our teams to drill into the substance of economic and financial means issues,” Yellen wrote in the Post.
Ongoing discussions with He will address appropriate responses to barriers impersonated by China’s noncompliance with market principles, such as “dumping” exports into the U.S. market at a lower than affirmed market price, and coercion of less prominent trading partners.
“In certain sectors, these unfair practices prepare resulted in the overconcentration of the production of critical goods inside China,” Yellen wrote, but added that a “private-sector pullback” from China desire trigger disorder.
“Diverse supply chains are necessary in a volatile world; decoupling our economies would be economically calamitous and run counter to our national interests,” Yellen wrote.