Chinese Vice Premier Liu He has accepted an official invitation to visit Washington this week, and will hold talks with the U.S. team led by Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, China’s Commerce Ministry confirmed today.

This will be Liu’s second trip to Washington in as little as three weeks. He met with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the end of January.

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