Bessent, Greer Call China VP to Prep Xi's September Visit
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- Scott Bessent and Jamieson Greer held a high-level video call with China's vice premier to prepare for Xi Jinping's September visit, according to Axios.
- The preparatory call sets the stage for President Trump and Xi to sign a future trade agreement (source text truncated).
- Xi Jinping's September visit is the stated occasion for the U.S.-China engagement, framing the vice-premiers call as a bilateral logistics milestone rather than a standalone negotiation.
Why it matters: A Trump-Xi signing at the September visit would set concrete terms for trade between the world's two largest economies, and the vice-premiers call establishes a formal preparatory runway weeks before the leaders meet.
