Yellen to Visit Beijing in Further Sign of US-China Thaw
- Treasury secretary plans to travel to China in near future
- Follows first face-to-face meeting with Chinese vice premier
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Plans are under way for US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and her Chinese counterparts to hold meetings in Beijing and Washington later this year, continuing the governments’ efforts to ramp up face-to-face engagement to improve ties.
The announcement came after the two countries’ top economic officials met for the first time in Zurich on Wednesday, pledging to improve communication as a way to avoid more serious confrontation in a period of heightened tensions.