On October 25th, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, following US invitation, had a phone talk with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, according to a report by Xinhua. Trade negotiators from China and the United States agreed to address properly their core concerns and confirmed that technical consultations on some texts have been basically completed. The two sides confirmed that a consensus was reached on key supervisory systems regarding US imports of Chinese cooked poultry and catfish products and China’s removal of the import ban on US poultry meat and the application of the meat products public health information system. Both sides will have phone talks again in the near futures, during which working level teams representing China and the US will continue to advance consultations.

Chinese officials, including Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan, Governor of the People's Bank of China Yi Gang, and Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission Ning Jizhe also attended the call on Friday.

Besides, the USTR said in a latest report that U.S. and Chinese officials are “close to finalizing” some parts of a trade agreement, and bilateral talks at vice-ministerial levels will continue, according to Reuters.