UN expects China-US talks in Switzerland to ease trade tensions
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations hopes that the talks between China and the United States, scheduled to take place in Switzerland, will help the two countries move towards a more normalised trade relationship, a UN spokesperson said on Thursday.
"We just hope that these talks will help the United States and China to move towards a more normalised relationship regarding their trade relations. As the Secretary-General made clear, there can be no winners in a trade war," Farhan Haq, the Deputy Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said at a daily briefing.
The UN chief "is particularly worried about the situation in terms of how a global war could affect developing countries. So any effort to avoid that would be welcome," Haq added.
He Lifeng, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, will visit Switzerland from May 9 to May 12. During his visit, He, as the Chinese lead official for China-US economic and trade affairs, will meet with the US lead official, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced on Wednesday.
By RSS/Xinhua
