The negotiators of the United States and China will resume commercial conversations between the two countries on Monday, June 9 in London, the United States president Donald Trump announced. It is the apparent first fruit of the conversation he had with the president of China, Xi Jinping, this Thursday. The two greatest economies in the world seek to solve a latent dispute over tariffs and technology that has worried markets.
“I am pleased to announce that Treasury Secretary Scott Besent, the Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, and the United States commercial representative, ambassador Jamieson Greer, will meet in London on Monday, June 9, 2025 with representatives of China to treat the trade agreement. The meeting should pass without problems. Thank you for your attention!”
The new round of conversations occurs after a 90 -minute telephone conversation between Trump and XI in which both agreed to calm the growing tensions caused by the concern about the flow of critical minerals needed by US companies.
Before that conversation, Trump accused China of breaking the agreement by which both superpowers negotiated a tariff truce in May, after the conversations held in Geneva (Switzerland) between representatives of both countries. Washington accused Beijing of having stopped the flow of rare earth and other mineral magnets, essential in the manufacture of numerous products, including cars.
In the agreement there was no talk of critical minerals in particular, but China promised to take all the administrative measures necessary to suspend or eliminate non -tariff countermeasures adopted against the United States since April 2. Among them there were restrictions on the export of critical minerals and rare earths that have not retired in full. Since the United States was signed, it has hit China with new export restrictions on microprocessors and other technological products. In addition, he threatened with massive withdrawals of visa to Chinese students.
After Thursday’s call, Trump described the conversation in his social networks as “very good” and stressed that there was “a very positive conclusion for the two countries.” He also assured that both had resolved their differences around rare earth trade.
The Beijing government said after the meeting in a statement that Trump had told XI that Chinese students were welcome to study in the United States, and Trump later added that it would be an “honor” for him to welcome them, in one of the usual 180 degree turns that he used to.
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