#USChinaTradeTalks

🏛️ London Talks: High-Stakes, Limited Outcomes

Senior U.S. officials (Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Trade Rep Jamieson Greer) are meeting Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in London to build on a temporary Geneva truce. They aim to ease tariffs, address rare-earth export restrictions, and negotiate tech export controls .

The talks revolve around China’s near-monopoly on rare-earth minerals and the U.S.’s demand for immediate easing—concrete “handshake” assurances are expected .