![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/can-good-cop-janet-yellen-help-fix-us-china-relations/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/130268997_gettyimages-1498256781.jpg&description=Image source, Getty Images US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is due to arrive in China as part of high-stakes attempts to rebuild bridges between the world's two biggest economies. It is the second visit to Beijing by a senior Washington official in as many months and comes after the countries' relationship nose-dived this year. The list of points of contention between the US and China ranges from Taiwan and Ukraine to national security and an ongoing trade dispute. The visit also comes just days after Beijing said it would curb exports of two key materials used to make computer chips. Ms Yellen's recent comments that the two economies can work together could be crucial to the trip, which will include her first talks with China's new Vice Premier He Lifeng. Ahead of the visit, the US emphasised the importance for the countries "to responsibly manage our relationship, communicate directly about areas of concern, and work together to address global challenges". As part of the ongoing efforts to ease tensions, Ms Yellen also met China's ambassador to the US Xie Feng on Monday for what was described by both sides as a "frank and productive discussion". However, "expectations should be kept low for the Yellen visit," Wendy Cutler, vice president at US-based think tank the Asia Society Policy Institute, told the BBC. "She is not in a position to repair ties nor respond to Chinese requests to lift export controls or tariffs." This latest trip to China comes just weeks after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Beijing, when he met President Xi Jinping and foreign minister Qin Gang. Mr Blinken was the highest-ranking Washington official to visit the Chinese capital in almost half a decade. The meetings were seen as a key test of whether the two countries could stop their relationship deteriorating further. At the end of his trip Mr Blinken said that, although there were still major issues between the US and China, his "hope and expectation is we will have better){kind=link}
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has arrived in China as part of high-stakes attempts to rebuild bridges between the world’s two biggest economies.
It is the second visit to Beijing by a senior Washington official in as many months and comes after the countries’ relationship nose-dived this year.
The list of points of contention between the US and China ranges from Taiwan and Ukraine to national security and an ongoing trade dispute.
The visit also comes just days after Beijing said it would curb exports of two key materials used to make computer chips.
Ms Yellen’s recent comments that the two economies can work together could be crucial to the trip, which will include her first talks with China’s new Vice Premier He Lifeng.