He Lifeng
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Sep 26, 2026
Stephen EngelGUEST
That's the international arm of China Central Television, state media.
Stephen EngelGUEST
They had a pretty big contingent here, as well as two camera crews on last weekend outside the JPMorgan Chase headquarters where He Lifeng and Scott Besant met for trade advance talks to kind of lay the deliverables for the summit on Thursday.
Stephen EngelGUEST
They have a big contingent here.
David GuraHOST
they really picked up on that dot i would ask you just about present she's motivations in coming to to the u s and there is a a piece of the simpson center i think they put out showing the decline in present she's traveling in recent years certainly since the the coven pandemic i'm curious why that is the case with the speculation is that he's not traveling as much perhaps just the world leaders are traveling to china more than they had been uh... before but What does it say that he's made the effort to come here? Indeed, there's going to be this trip that President Trump is going to take to China before this meeting of the G20 in Doral in Florida.
David ZhangHOST
And that was it.
David ZhangHOST
Clearly, things got hashed out between Secretary of Treasury Scott Besson and He Lifeng days before this.
David ZhangHOST
So there's no surprise there.
David ZhangHOST
And they were probably just talking about some very specific stuff.
Jiang XueqinHOST
Okay.
Jiang XueqinHOST
So, um, before the meeting, there was a meeting between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his counterpart, uh, He Li- He Lifeng, in, uh, New York at the JP Morgan offices, and they were trying to figure out, uh, a trade deal.
Jiang XueqinHOST
And as you know, there is a pause to the trade war between the United States and China, and, um, they basically extended by it, by a few months.
Jiang XueqinHOST
So it didn't seem as though there was some major results out of these meetings.
Kristy LokeGUEST
And so I actually am on the more optimistic side, where I feel like the two countries, because China's getting very close to the frontier, they're starting to see increasingly so, but not yet, similar-ish risks.
Kristy LokeGUEST
And so the stakes of managing these risks are really high and are increasingly shared because of it, which is why, you know, Bessent and He Lifeng were able to have that meeting and, uh, come to a similar understanding of potentially the need to have an incident, uh, communication channel or mechanism so that i- if say, you know, a US or Chinese model did something bad, you know, unintentionally, the other countries' leaders and technical people will be able to say, "Okay, that was unintentional." So that level of, uh, that de-escalation is actually really important, um, and I see it at the summit as well.
Kristy LokeGUEST
Um, and in terms of what was kind of striking, uh, for me was actually Xi's subtle, not so subtle response to people who are advocating for pacing at the frontier or pacing the frontier.
Kristy LokeGUEST
So the way that he framed it is because the US and China are major AI powers, they have, they actually have the ability to, but also have the responsibility to manage these risks and make sure the technology goes well.
Henry WangGUEST
I think, uh, you know, Trump administration probably realized that.
Henry WangGUEST
And so they deliberately, uh, put this, uh, uh, this trade, uh, renegotiating until next January so that they can ensure the next two summits going to happen in Shenzhen, APEC, and also in Miami, G20, that they don't talk this again every time, uh, Vice Premier He Lifeng and Scott Benson has to, uh, uh, extend that, uh, uh, uh, you know, truce in order to have a successful summit.
Henry WangGUEST
So this is actually to protect the summit going to be successfully held for the next two, uh, summits that are coming up in the, in the, within balance of the year.
Henry WangGUEST
So I think this is very significant.
Henry WangGUEST
And, uh, and I think the, the... from what I can read, uh, now, it's already quite positive.
Henry WangGUEST
You know, uh, Vice Premier He Lifeng and, uh, uh, you know, China Chief Negotiator Li Chenggang and S- Scott Benson from US have already met in New York prior the summit.
Henry WangGUEST
And, uh, uh, Scott Benson already announced that, uh, the trade, the truce, uh, will, will extend it until next January, which means after fourth summit, uh, they're gonna have this year.
Henry WangGUEST
And, uh, also they have agreed, uh, that, uh, you know, there need to be some, uh, care for handling of AI, and, uh, because, uh, uh, you know, this is recent development has, has really making this, uh, uh, more, uh, more risky and dangerous.
StackCORRESPONDENT
Two months.
FreyaCORRESPONDENT
Two months, announced by Scott Besson on Wednesday after an unscheduled meeting with Vice Premier He Lifeng.
FreyaCORRESPONDENT
Besson says a bigger package is possible by January, or they might, his phrase, just roll the current deal again.
FreyaCORRESPONDENT
No tariff agreement, no soybean announcement, no joint statement.
Olivia ShenGUEST
However, some of the reports I've heard about this hotline, mm, lead me to be a little bit cynical.
Olivia ShenGUEST
I have heard it said that this hotline is really just a hotline between Scott Bessent and his counterpart, uh, He Lifeng in China.
Olivia ShenGUEST
I'm a little bit concerned that this sounds like watching your technically illiterate parents trying to reset the home Wi-Fi.
Melissa ClarkeHOST
[laughs]
Raja PradhanHOST
The US Treasury Secretary says they've agreed to extend it by two months.
Raja PradhanHOST
Scott Bessent says his talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Sunday and Wednesday led to the agreement.
Raja PradhanHOST
He said on a Fox News program, "The extension to January 10th gives more time to see what can be done on the economic front." The announcement came a day before Thursday's summit between Trump and Xi.
Raja PradhanHOST
The countries had been locked in escalating trade friction with tit-for-tat tariffs until a summit in October 2025 resulted in the trade truce.
Sana HashmiHOST
So the idea is, um, that no matter what, it is still important for the leaders to meet, but the fixed star is the continuity in the dialogue.
Sana HashmiHOST
And that's how, um, some-- also how some Chinese commentators are looking at w- Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng's visit to Washington earlier of, uh, this week, where he was there for the US-China economic consultation, which was seen as a part of the preparation for Xi-Trump meeting as well.
Sana HashmiHOST
Uh, but apart from that, the idea is also that it should keep the broader relationship on a stable footing.
Sana HashmiHOST
And, uh, apart from that, there's another theme that comes through very clearly in Chinese commentary, uh, that nobody really expects the competition between China and the US to disappear, as I've already mentioned, and that's not the idea, not at least in the Chinese commentary.
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