U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are heading to Malaysia for a fifth round of in-person trade talks with their Chinese counterparts amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
Greer confirmed the trip in a CNBC “Squawk Box” interview on Oct. 22, where he reiterated that the Chinese regime had disproportionately escalated tensions globally and that it was Beijing’s responsibility to de-escalate.
“It was incredibly aggressive, it was totally disproportional to anything that the U.S., the EU, or Canada, or anybody did,” Greer said, referencing the sweeping rare earths export controls Beijing issued earlier this month….