China is hosting this year's Apec gathering from Nov 18 to 19 in Shenzhen, which could also see a Trump-Xi-Putin trilateral meeting. (AFP pic)BEIJING: Top officials from Washington and Beijing held "frank" talks on their countries' testy trade relationship on Friday, ahead of an Asia-Pacific summit in China this month where their leaders are due to meet.
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent and US trade representative Jamieson Greer held a call with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and discussed economic and trade commitments over the last year, both sides said.
The Americans stressed "the importance of China fully and immediately implementing its commitments" and highlighted "concerns about recent Chinese actions", according to a statement released by the US Treasury Department.
