On the afternoon of July 11, the Ministry of Commerce of China held a press conference, and the spokesperson responded to whether China and the United States would hold negotiations in early August.

Spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce He Yongqian: Since May this year, under the guidance of the consensus of the heads of state of China and the United States, the economic and trade teams of the two sides have held high-level economic and trade talks in Geneva and London, reached the Geneva consensus and the London framework, and quickly implemented the relevant results, stabilizing the economic and trade relations between the two countries. At present, the two sides maintain close communication on their respective concerns at multiple levels on the economic and trade fields. We hope that the US and China will move towards each other, and in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation, give full play to the role of the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism, continue to strengthen dialogue and communication, and maintain and implement the important consensus of the two heads of state call with practical actions, jointly promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of China-US economic and trade relations, and inject more certainty and stability into the development of the world economic and economic and economic development.

(CCTV reporter Liu Ying and Song Wan)