US Senator Meets China Vice Premier With Trade Tensions High (1)

US Senator Steve Dainesstressed his belief in “constructive dialogue” during a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Beijing that took place against a backdrop of heightened trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies.

“I’ve always believed in having constructive dialogue and that has been the nature of all my visits to China over the course of many years,” Daines, a Republican from Montana, said Saturday on his sixth visit to the country as a senator. “On this visit, of course, we’re at a time when we have important issues to discuss between our two countries.”

Daines ...