South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung held back-to-back meetings with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Seoul
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South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung has held back-to-back meetings with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Seoul.
Bessent and He also held talks ahead of the meeting in Beijing between President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrived at Seoul's Incheon International Airport Wednesday for a meeting with China's Vice Premier He Lifeng.
Chinese Vice Premier He arrived in Seoul Tuesday for trade talks with the US delegation ahead of a summit this week between the leaders of the world's biggest economies President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Beijing.
At the South Korean presidential office South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung discussed supply chains and critical minerals with Bessent during their meeting the presidential Blue House said.
Lee also told He in a separate meeting that Seoul would support dialogue between the United States and China the office said.
The Trump administration hopes to begin the process of establishing a Board of Trade with China to address differences between the countries.
The board could help prevent the trade war ignited last year after Trump's tariff hikes an action China countered through its control of rare earth minerals.
This led to a one-year truce last October.
He and Bessent's talks lasted 3 hours, and Xinhua news agency reported that the two sides held candid, in-depth and constructive exchanges on resolving trade and economic issues as well as expanding cooperation.
