Yellen urges US-China cooperation on economy, climate

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State-run Xinhua news agency said the talks were “constructive”, but the Chinese side expressed concern about US sanctions and restrictive measures against China. China also believes that generalising the concept of national security does no good for normal economic and trade exchanges, Xinhua reported. Treasury said Ms Yellen also conveyed that “even when the United States and China have disagreements, it is vital that the two countries find ways to work together on issues of shared – and global – concern, including debt distress in low-income and emerging economies and climate finance”. Ms Yellen also met with the People’s Bank...