Two sides will ‘bring back a report to our respective leaders the talks in the meeting as well as the framework that was reached in Geneva’.
China and the United States wrapped up two days of high-level trade talks in London with an agreement “in principle to a framework” that each side will bring home for review by their top leaders.
“The two sides agreed in principle a framework for implementing the consensus” that Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump reached in their phone call last week, and the consensus of high-level bilateral negotiations in Geneva last month, China’s top trade negotiator Li Chenggang told reporters.
“The two sides will bring back a report to our respective leaders the talks in the meeting as well as the framework that was reached in Geneva. We hope that the progress that we made in this London meeting will be conducive to the increasing trust between China and the United States.”
Using similar language – “agreed in principle a framework” – US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said his delegation was “going to go back and speak to President Trump and make sure he approves it”.
