In Washington, China’s senior negotiator, Lee Chengang, is expected to meet in a week to meet with US officials, a US government spokesman said in the midst of their two superpowers’ attempt to make any of their superpowers.

Lee, a representative of China’s international trade and from the country’s key negotiators with the US, along with the Economy of Hen Lifeng, may meet with US government officials at the level of deputies, as a US spokesman said.

A source with the knowledge of the negotiations between Washington and Beijing also said that a meeting was not scheduled between Lee and US trade representative Jameson Green and that Chinese officials would not visit the US capital at the request of the US side.

The news that Lee will travel to Washington first on Monday by the Wall Street Journal.

In the meantime, representatives of the trade sectors on both sides of the Pacific are closely watching and anxiously the developments in trade between the two largest economies on the planet to see if the prolongation of the truce that was decided earlier this month will be fixed or the new US President, duty to imports of goods from China.

US retail companies are even stocking products in view of the critical festive season at the end of the year, while at the same time Chinese producers – beings excluded from the world’s largest consumer economy – say they are in “survival”, struggling to secure new markets.

It is recalled that the world’s two largest economies agreed on August 11 to extend its truce for another 90 days, “locking” 30% US duties set on Chinese imports and 10% Chinese duties in US products.

Resolving US -China trade disputes is considered vital, as if Trump’s duties on Chinese products exceed 35%, they will be prohibitively high for Chinese exporters, as economists have warned.

The forthcoming visit of the Chinese representative of international trade to Washington, however, takes place at a particularly difficult time for the recent critical comments of the Chinese ambassador to the United States on Trump’s commercial policy, according to a source with knowledge of the negotiations.

“The (American) protectionism is uncontrollable, overshadowing the China-US Agricultural Cooperation,” Ambassador Sie Feng said in a speech at an event on the Washington industry in Washington on Friday, describing the plans of the Government of Trump.

Agricultural products have been reduced to a key point in the American -Chinese trade dispute, as Chinese avoid US agricultural products such as soya – currently subject to 23%duties – leading US farmers in a difficult position.

Increasing the markets of US agricultural products from China will significantly affect the Asian giant trade surplus with the US, according to analysts. Beijing had previously been committed to buying more agricultural products under the Phase 1 Agreement achieved during Trump’s first term in 2020.

However, Beijing believes it can close a better deal this time.

Lee’s forthcoming trip follows three rounds of trade negotiations between the two countries by May – in Geneva, London and, earlier this month, in Stockholm.

The last time a senior Chinese trade negotiator visited the US was in November 2023, when Hen Lifeng met then US Finance Minister Janet Gellen in San Francisco, before the Summit of Asia Minor Economic Cooperation.

The then Vice -President of the Government Liu He, a predecessor of He Lifeng, was the last leading Chinese trading official to travel to Washington for bilateral talks, signing the “Phase 1” of the trade agreement with the January 20th Government in January 20.