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China and the United States have reached a basic framework consensus on properly resolving the TikTok issue

China and the United States have reached a basic framework consensus on properly resolving TikTok-related issues, reducing investment barriers, and promoting relevant economic and trade cooperation after two days of talks in Madrid, Spain.

中美在西班牙马德里举行两天会谈后，就妥善解决TikTok相关问题、降低投资壁垒及推动相关经贸合作达成基本框架共识。

However, Beijing has made it clear that it will not pursue any deal that compromises China’s core principles, the interests of Chinese companies, or international fairness and justice.

但中方已明确表示，不会达成任何损害中国核心原则、中国企业利益或国际公平正义的协议。

Top negotiators from Beijing and Washington, led respectively by Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, conducted “candid, in-depth and constructive” communication on economic and trade issues of common concern starting on Sunday.

自周日起，由中国国务院副总理何立峰与美国财政部长斯科特·贝森特分别率领的中美高层谈判代表，就双方共同关注的经贸问题开展了“坦诚、深入且富有建设性”的沟通。

Vice-Premier He said that China hopes the US  will work together with it to quickly remove the relevant restrictive measures against China, take concrete actions to jointly safeguard the hard-won achievements of the trade talks, and create a good atmosphere for the stable and sustained development of Sino-US economic and trade relations.

何立峰副总理表示，中方希望美方同中方一道，尽快取消针对中国的相关限制性措施，以实际行动共同维护经贸谈判来之不易的成果，为中美经贸关系稳定持续发展营造良好氛围。

Addressing a news briefing on Monday, Li Chenggang, China’s international trade representative with the Ministry of Commerce, said the two sides “reached a preliminary framework consensus on properly resolving TikTok-related issues through cooperation, scaling back investment barriers, and promoting relevant economic and trade cooperation.”

中国商务部国际贸易谈判代表兼副部长李成钢在周一的新闻发布会上表示，双方“就通过合作妥善解决TikTok相关问题、降低投资壁垒、推动相关经贸合作达成初步框架共识”。

Li, who is also vice-minister of commerce, emphasized that China will “under no circumstances seek any agreement at the expense of its principl