FINANCE BRIEFING: Yellen Plans Economic Talks in Beijing in July

June 27, 2023, 10:02 AM UTC

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to visit Beijing in early July for the first high-level economic talks with her new Chinese counterpart, people familiar with the scheduling said.

Her trip was long anticipated but was put off until “the appropriate time,” Yellen said in April. The people discussed the timing and purpose of the trip on condition of anonymity, because the details haven’t been officially announced.

The Treasury chief would be the second cabinet official to travel to Beijing after relations between the world’s two biggest economies soured earlier this year. Secretary of State Antony Blinken just wrapped up his ...

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