The Ministry of Commerce speaks on the next steps in the China-US economic and trade talks: Both sides will maintain communication on their respective concerns in the economic and trade fields based on the consensus reached in the China-US Geneva talks.

On the afternoon of May 15, the Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference, and a reporter inquired about the next steps in the Sino-US economic and trade talks. Ministry of Commerce spokesman He Yongqian: From May 10 to 11, the Chinese lead in the Sino-US economic and trade talks, Vice Premier He Lifeng, and the US leads, Treasury Secretary Besant and Trade Representative Greer, held high-level Sino-US economic and trade talks in Geneva, Swiss Franc. Both sides had candid, in-depth, and constructive communication on implementing the important consensus reached during the January 17 phone call between the Chinese and US leaders this year, and they reached a series of important agreements, achieving substantial progress in the talks, culminating in the "Joint Statement of the Sino-US Geneva Economic and Trade Talks." Moving forward, both China and the USA will communicate on their respective concerns in the economic and trade fields based on the consensus of the Sino-US Geneva talks. (Yu Yuantan Tian)