USTR Greer to attend talks with Chinese officials in Madrid on trade, TikTok

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FILE PHOTO: U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer gives a live TV interview about tariffs at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 1, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

WASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will attend a new round of talks with Chinese officials due to start on Sunday in Madrid on trade and other economic issues including a Wednesday deadline for TikTok to divest its U.S. assets, a USTR official said on Saturday.

Greer will join U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent for the talks in Spain with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng and other senior Chinese economic officials.

The three officials, along with Chinas top trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, last met in Stockholm in July where they agreed in principle to extend for 90 days a trade truce that sharply reduced triple-digit retaliatory tariffs on both sides and restarted the flow of rare-earth minerals from China to the United States.

President Donald Trump has approved the extension of current U.S. tariff rates on Chinese goods, totaling about 55%, until November 10.

The Treasury has said that the Madrid talks would cover a range of trade and economic issues, including national security concerns over TikTok and joint U.S.-Chinese efforts to combat money laundering.

Bessent urged Group of Seven allies on Friday to impose meaningful tariffs on imports from China and India to pressure them to stop buying Russian oil, a move aimed at bringing Moscow into Ukraine peace negotiations by slowing its oil revenues.

The G7 finance