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US and China Pledge to Talk More to Avoid Worsening Tensions

  • Yellen says US and China must show they can manage differences
  • Liu looks forward to serious communication on mutual issues
Janet Yellen and Liu He meet in Zurich on Jan. 18.

Janet Yellen and Liu He meet in Zurich on Jan. 18.

Photographer: Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty

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The top US and China economic officials held their first face-to-face meeting Wednesday, pledging to improve communication as a way to avoid more serious confrontation during a period of heightened tensions.

“We share a responsibility to show that China and the United States can manage our differences and prevent competition from becoming anything ever near conflict,” US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in brief public remarks at the start of talks with Vice Premier Liu He in Zurich.