The Minister of Commerce of China and the United States held the first ministerial talks of the Ministry of Commerce and Exchange Mechanism of the Ministry of Commerce of the two countries on Thursday (November 16).Support the provincial and state economic and trade cooperation and trade investment promotion activities in the two countries, and jointly promote the effective results of Sino -US enterprises cooperation and docking projects, and add project office.

The Ministry of Commerce of China announced on the official website. In order to implement the consensus of the San Francisco meeting of the two heads of state, the Minister of Commerce of China Wang Wentao held the talks with the US Minister of Commerce Raymond on the same day.The two sides conducted pragmatic, constructive and effective communication issues on economic and trade relations between China and the United States and common concern.

Wang Wentao emphasized that the meeting between the heads of state and the head of China and the United States is strategic, historic, and leading, and pointed out the direction for Sino -US economic and trade relations.China is willing to implement the consensus of the head of state with the United States, adhere to mutual respect, live peacefully, and win -win cooperation, make good use of the communication channels established between the Ministry of Commerce of the two countries, strengthen dialogue, manage differences, and create a good environment for the trade and investment cooperation between the two countries.

The Ministry of Commerce of China announced that the two sides had in -depth exchanges on national security issues in the economic and trade field.Wang Wentao emphasized that the generalization and politicalization of national security have affected normal trade and investment, and the two parties discuss the issue of national security borders in the economy and trade.Wang Wentao expressed concerns about the final rules of the US semiconductor export control, sanctions on Chinese enterprises, two -way investment restrictions, and 301 tariffs.

The Ministry of Commerce of China also said that the two parties appreciated the active progress made by the Commerce and Trade Group of the Ministry of Commerce of the Ministry of Commerce, and discussed the specific concerns of enterprises of the two countries.The two parties agreed that the Ministry of Commerce of the two countries will hold the first meeting of the business group (deputy ministerial level) dialogue in the first quarter of next year; support the provincial and state economic and trade cooperation and trade and investment promotion activities of provinces and states in the two countries; jointly promote Sino -US enterprise cooperation and docking projects to obtainReal results, and additional project office; jointly promote the establishment of standards and qualified assessment dialogue mechanisms for the establishment of Sino -US government.The two sides discussed and agreed that experts of the two countries to discuss the issues of business secrets and confidential business information protection in January 2024.