U.S., China eye higher-level talks after discussing tech transfer
WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Jan 10 (Reuters) - U.S. and Chinese officials are working on arrangements for higher-level trade talks after mid-level officials this week discussed U.S. demands on issues that would require structural change in China to address such as intellectual property theft, forced technology transfers and other non-tariff barriers.
People familiar with the three days of talks in Beijing said hopes are mounting that the top Chinese negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He, will visit Washington this month to meet with his negotiating counterparts, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
Talks at that level are viewed as important for making the key decisions to reach a deal to ease a festering trade war between the world's two largest economies, which has roiled financial markets and disrupted trade flows for hundreds of billions of dollars worth of goods.
President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States was having "tremendous success" in its trade negotiations with China, though concrete details of progress have been scarce.
The Beijing negotiations were "a stepping stone" toward higher-level talks, Myron Brilliant, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce business lobbying group's head of international affairs, told reporters on Thursday.
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