[1/3] U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng head to their seats for a meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, August, 29, 2023.
Andy Wong/Pool via REUTERS/ Acquire Licensing RightsBEIJING, Aug 29 (Reuters) - U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo met China's Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Tuesday, her second full day of talks with top Chinese leaders on balancing business ties and national security concerns.
Earlier on Tuesday, Raimondo told China's economy tsar and her direct counterpart, He Lifeng, that the U.S. does not seek to decouple from its geopolitical rival.
A confidant of President Xi Jinping, He took up the post of China's economy tsar in March, having earlier run the powerful state planner.
Such an exchange offered a platform to reduce misunderstandings of U.S. national security policies, Raimondo said on Monday, but added, "We are not compromising or negotiating on matters of national security.
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