China raises trade restriction concerns with US
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng told US officials in a video call Thursday that Beijing had “serious concern” over recent US economic and trade restrictions against China, state news agency Xinhua reported.
Xinhua said He spoke with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US trade representative Jamieson Greer. It described the call as “candid, in-depth and constructive”.
The agency said the negotiators discussed maintaining stable economic and trade ties and addressing mutual concerns in the next phase.
The talks followed renewed tension over US trade measures. Beijing condemned fresh US tariffs imposed on China and 59 other countries last week over alleged forced labour concerns, and China accused the United States on Wednesday of seeking to “suppress” Chinese companies after Washington banned imports of humanoid and quadruped robots manufactured abroad.
China and the United States spent much of last year in an escalating trade war before US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a truce when they met last October.
During a trip to Beijing in May, Trump invited Xi to visit the United States in September, but that visit has not been confirmed.
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Xinhua described the call as candid, in-depth and constructive.
The item links China's concern to recent US tariffs over alleged forced labour concerns and a US ban on imports of foreign-made humanoid and quadruped robots.
Negotiators discussed maintaining stable economic and trade ties and addressing mutual concerns in the next phase.
A possible September visit by Xi Jinping to the United States remains unconfirmed.
Source note: AFP news report published on 30 July 2026 at 15:55:17 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
Xinhua did not give a detailed list of the restrictions raised by China during the call.
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