Chinese commerce minister, US commerce secretary hold phone talks

BEIJING, Jan. 11 (Xinhua) -- China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao held a telephone conversation with U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on Thursday, according to China's Ministry of Commerce.

The two sides conducted in-depth and pragmatic communication on economic and trade issues of respective concern, with a focus on the implementation of the important consensus reached between the two heads of state at the San Francisco meeting.

Wang said that the San Francisco meeting pointed out the direction for the development of China-U.S. economic and trade relations, and the communication mechanism between the two commerce departments should play an active role in creating favorable conditions for enterprise cooperation.

He highlighted solemn concern about the restrictions imposed by the United States on the export of lithography machines by third parties to China, the investigation into the supply chain of mature-process chips, and sanctions against and suppression of Chinese enterprises.

The two sides also discussed the national security boundaries in the China-U.S. economic and trade fields.