China, U.S. start new round of trade talks in Washington

This combo photo shows Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue, attending a new round of high-level economic and trade consultations together with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Washington D.C., the United States, on Oct. 10, 2019. China and the United States kicked off here on Thursday a new round of high-level consultations to address their differences on outstanding economic and trade issues. (Xinhua/Liu Jie)