The G20 Finance Ministers Summit will be held Midea will not officially speak about – Radio Central Radio – Radio Taiwan International

A senior US Treasury official said on the 17th that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appeared at the G20 this weekend. (G20) At the meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Presidents, there is no plan for formal bilateral talks with Chinese officials.

However, the official said that in the discussion of the G20 agenda, dinner and informal occasions, Menuchin will have ample opportunity to interact with Chinese officials to discuss trade issues between the two countries.

Meinuchin told US lawmakers last week that the Trump administration is ready to resume talks with China to resolve bilateral trade issues, but only if Beijing is willing to make serious efforts to make changes to its policies.

The G20 Finance Minister and the Central Bank President's Meeting are scheduled to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for two days starting on the 21st.

The Ministry of Finance official stated that Menuchin is ready to resume contact with China, but this does not necessarily require formal bilateral discussions at the G20 meeting. "The Minister of Finance has made substantial contacts with Chinese officials, so there is no need to hold official bilateral talks at the G20."

"Menuchin will also discuss China with G7 finance ministers Trade negotiations will" restore "the concerns of many Western industrial powers regarding China's industrial subsidies, export credits and loans developing countries. "The G7 has conducted substantive discussions and identified non-commercial practices in China Common Position."

The United States and China have imposed their $ 34 billion worth of goods, and the US President Trump has threatened to tax $ 500 billion worth of Chinese goods unless Beijing agrees to change its intellectual property rights. Subsidy program of the technology industry.

China has previously stated that China will not take the first blow in terms of tariffs on trade disputes with the United States. On October 5, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said that the United States would "open fire on the world" and warned that Washington was planning to impose tariff measures on Chinese products that would harm the TV channel. international supply.