|
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10-- China and the United States kicked off here on Thursday a new round of high-level consultations to address their differences on outstanding economic and trade issues. The Chinese delegation is led by Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, and the U.S. team is headed by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. This round of high-level economic and trade consultations is scheduled for Thursday and Friday. The two teams had previously started working-level negotiations. | 
