Top Trump Officials to Hold Trade Talks With China in August

The Trump administration’s top trade negotiators are set to meet with Chinese officials in early August, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said. In an interview with CNBC that aired on July 8, Lutnick said that he, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will convene with representatives of the Chinese communist regime in early August to begin broader trade discussions between the two countries. Lutnick told CNBC the meeting will “start the process of a bigger conversation” and that the U.S. government is “in a pretty good place now” with China. In June, President Donald Trump announced that the United States had completed a deal with China as representatives of Washington and Beijing wrapped up a bilateral summit in London....