The US government has sent a delegation of Treasury officials to Beijing this week for economic talks, which seek to prevent any escalation of bilateral tensions.
A key topic on the agenda will be China’s “non-market” policies that are adding excess industrial capacity, a Treasury official said on Monday.
The delegation, led by Treasury Undersecretary for International Affairs Jay Shambaugh, plans to hold frank conversations on Monday and Tuesday as part of the US-China Economic Working Group – set up late last year – about Beijing subsidies that the US says encourage overproduction of goods, potentially flooding global markets.
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