On the morning of September 5, member of the Political Agency of the Central Committee of the CPC, Vice Premier of the State Council and chief of the Chinese side of the China-US comprehensive economic dialogue Liu He held a telephone conversation with the US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin upon invitation. The two sides agreed to hold the 13th round of China-US high-level economic and trade consultations in Washington in early October. Before that, the two sides will maintain close communication. The working teams will conduct serious consultations in mid-September and fully prepare for the substantive progress of the high-level consultations. The two sides agreed that they should work together and take practical actions to create favorable conditions for consultations. Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan, Governor of the People's Bank of China Yi Gang, and Deputy Director of the National Development and Reform Commission Ning Jizhe participated in the conversation.

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