Senior US officials visit China and meet with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs

According to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Wang Wenbin, quoted by Reuters, the US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian Affairs, Daniel J. Kritenbrink, and the Senior Director for China Affairs of the White House National Security Council , Laura Rosenberger, and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng held a meeting on Sunday and Monday.

Wang claimed that held a “broad exchange” of views on international and regional issues of common interest”.

“The talks were frank, in-depth and constructive,” Wang added.

In addition, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the sanction imposed by the US on two senior Chinese officials for what it described as major human rights violations in Tibet.

“These illegal sanctions seriously affected Sino-US relations,” Wang said.

Market reaction

The AUD/USD pair is now trading above 0.6767, down 0.40% on the day. The headlines had no impact on the Australian dollar.

Source: Fx Street

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