Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her Chinese counterpart say they want trade conditions to get better, but stalemates remain.
BEIJING — Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her Chinese counterpart expressed a desire to improve trade conditions on Monday, as Raimondo began a visit to Beijing aimed at warming chilly relations, but neither side appeared willing to make concessions on the other’s main demands.
Raimondo said the two sides are working on establishing “new information exchanges” for “more consistent engagement.” Raimondo told reporters before leaving Washington she was looking for “actionable, concrete steps” to move forward in commercial relations but gave no details. She said she was realistic that the “challenges are significant.”
The decision “may have helped grease the wheels for Raimondo’s trip,” said Anna Ashton and Kylie Milliken of Eurasia Group in a report.
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