US, Chinese officials to hold ice-breaker meeting in Geneva this week

7/5/2025 7:34

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet with China's top economic official later this week in Switzerland, the two U.S. agencies said on Tuesday, marking an initial step in potential negotiations over President Donald Trump's tariff assault.



The U.S. Trade Representative's office and Treasury said Greer and Bessent would travel together to Geneva on May 8 and would also meet with Swiss President Karin Ketter-Sutter to discuss negotiations over reciprocal trade.



The agencies did not name the Chinese officials who would be attending the meeting from Beijing. But Vice Premier He Lifeng is widely viewed as China's economic czar and chief trade negotiator.