In the News: China-US Trade Talks; e-Cigarette Regulation; and More Financial Markets Access

July 29, 2019 | BY

Marilyn Romero

Once again, high-level trade officials from the U.S. and China are back together; China plans to regulate e-cigarettes and vaping over fears of an addiction epidemic; and 11 measures have been introduced to open up financial market access and to scrap foreign shareholding restrictions.

Trade War

China, US to resume trade negotiations

The White House said high-level trade officials from China and the United States will return to the negotiating table to resume talks aimed at improving the trade relationship between the world’s two largest economies. The two-day talks, which will begin on July 30, will this time be held in Shanghai instead of Beijing, and will be attended by U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lightizher. Vice Premier Liu He will lead the Chinese team, according to a White House statement.

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