US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to Visit China Next Week for Trade Talks: CNBC

US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to Visit China Next Week for Trade Talks: CNBC
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks to the media at the White House in Washington, U.S. on Feb. 6, 2019. Jim Young/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Feb. 6 that he and other U.S. officials will travel to Beijing next week for trade talks, aiming to clinch a deal to avert a March 2 increase in U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods.

Mnuchin said in an interview with CNBC that the talks he and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer led in Washington last week with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He were “very productive.”