The United States (US) and China will set up a new working group for discussing trade tensions, Washington said Monday.
Washington's Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo reached the agreement with her Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao in Beijing on Monday, during the latest in a series of high-level trips to China by US officials, reports AFP.
The trips could culminate in a meeting between leaders, with US President Joe Biden saying recently that he was expecting to sit down with China's Xi Jinping this year.
Gina Raimondo met on Monday morning with Wang Wentao, describing the economic relationship between the two countries as "the most significant in the world".
Both sides agreed to set up a working group to "seek solutions on trade and investment issues and to advance US commercial interests in China," according to a readout from the US Commerce Department.
The working group is set to meet twice annually, with the US hosting the first meeting next year.
They also agreed to establish what Washington called an "export control enforcement information exchange" -- described as a platform to "reduce misunderstanding of US national security policies".
The first meeting of the group, to be conducted by assistant secretary-level officials, will take place in Beijing on Tuesday.
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