On the morning of August 25, Liu He, member of the Central Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, Vice Premier of the State Council, and Chinese chief of the China-US Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, held a phone talk with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthitzer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin as previously appointed.

The two sides had constructive conversations on enhancing macroeconomic policy coordination and implementing the China-US phase-one economic and trade agreement. Both sides agreed to create conditions and an atmosphere to further implement the agreement.