Trump (left) earlier tweeted a photo of meeting with Liu He at the White House.(Trump Twitter)
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He disclosed yesterday (20th) that China and the United States can reach a consensus that there is no need to fight a trade war, and that US President Trump has played an important guiding role.His meeting with Trump was originally a 15-minute courtesy meeting, but Trump turned it into a 45-minute meeting.
According to a report by Sing Tao Daily today (21st), Liu He, as the special envoy of the Chinese President, led a Chinese delegation to the United States to negotiate on Sino-US trade disputes.
Liu He also visited the United States urgently to discuss trade issues at the end of February this year. He was also the special envoy of the President of the country at the time, but he was unable to meet with Trump.However, during this visit to the United States, Trump met with Liu He at the White House before the officials of the two sides began to hold talks.
In an interview with Phoenix Satellite TV yesterday, Liu He said that the meeting with Trump was a friendly, candid and very fruitful meeting.
Liu He mentioned that there are two interesting details about this meeting.He said: First of all, the original notification time was 15 minutes, a courtesy meeting.Later extended to 45 minutes, the two sides had substantive talks, this is the first detail.The second detail is to let myself, President Trump, and the Secretary of the Treasury (Mnuchin) meet, but when I arrived at the Oval Office of the White House, I found that the Vice President (Pence) and many members of the cabinet were present, I was a little surprised that the important officials of the White House were also present.
Liu He said: After thinking about it carefully, this shows a few things. First, it shows respect for China and the Chinese President, because I am the special envoy of the President;Sino-US bilateral relations, Sino-US economic and trade relations are highly valued.
He said: The whole process of the meeting was very friendly, and I think the discussion was very good, which played a very important guiding role for us to improve the bilateral economic and trade relations between China and the United States in the next step and further develop a good bilateral relationship.
Regarding the trade relationship between the two sides, Liu He said that the bilateral economic and trade relationship between China and the United States is moving from a certain problematic state to a normal state.It will be further strengthened in the future, and the frequency of mutual visits may continue to rise and increase.China is willing to meet the US halfway, and the potential for cooperation between the two sides is huge.
