By Trevor Hunnicutt, Jarrett Renshaw and David Lawder
WASHINGTON, March 21 (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s top trade chief, Jamieson Greer, plans to speak with his Chinese counterpart next week, the U.S. president said on Friday amid an escalating tariff war.
Talks between the world’s biggest economies would occur just days before the long-threatened April 2 unveiling of fresh U.S. tariffs on every country that taxes U.S. imports, potentially including new steps against China.
Trump did not say what he hoped the next set of U.S.-China talks would achieve, or whether they might lead to a roll-back of levies on Chinese imports.
Trump has imposed 20% levies on all imports from China since taking office in January.
He reiterated that his goal was to end the shipment of Chinese chemicals used to synthesize illegal fentanyl through Mexico, a goal that may require more law enforcement cooperation between…
