U.S. Treasury Official Travels to Beijing Despite China Tensions

Senior Asia policy official held meetings with his Chinese counterpart on macroeconomic and financial issues

China’s top diplomat, Wang Yi, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a visit to Moscow. The leaders pledged to strengthen the relationship between the two countries. Photo: Anton Novoderezhkin/Kremlin/Zuma Press

A senior Treasury Department official recently traveled to Beijing, according to people familiar with the matter, in a sign of continued diplomacy despite recent tensions between the U.S. and China.

Robert Kaproth, a deputy assistant secretary focused on Asia, met last week with Chinese counterparts for technical, staff-level discussions on macroeconomic and financial issues, the people said.

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