Tai raises industrial policy, phase-one deal concerns in ‘candid’ call with Liu

U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on Friday evening spoke with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He for the first time since laying out the administration’s new strategy for U.S.-China economic relations, raising concerns over China’s industrial policy and implementation of the U.S.-China phase-one deal, USTR said. Earlier this week Tai announced plans to speak with her Chinese counterpart “in the coming days.” On Monday she delivered a much-anticipated speech expressing concern that China in recent years has “doubled down on its...