U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traded policy complaints with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Friday, telling Beijing to do more to curb fentanyl trafficking and rebalance its economy, while hearing He's concerns about President Donald Trump's new tariffs,

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent plans to urge China to rebalance its economy when he speaks to his counterpart in Beijing on Friday.

China's Vice-Premier He Lifeng held a video call with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday, expressing "serious concerns" regarding the recent imposition of tariffs and other restrictive measures on Chinese goods by US President Donald Trump.

China “would start replacing the U.S. in the role of keeping Russia out of the Eastern Flank,” Gabrielius Landsbergis, the former Lithuanian foreign minister, recently posted on X. European Union members “in the East would be dependent on China’s protection and the racketeering would spread West.”

U.S. officials are considering whether they can strike a deal with China that would ramp up its purchases of American goods and investments in the United States.

President Trump had previously imposed an additional 10% tariff on all Chinese imports, resulting in retaliatory tariffs from China.

A newly identified coronavirus in China might emerge and have the potential to spread through humans. Similar to the early days of Covid, researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology discovered a new strain within bats.

CoV-2, has raised concerns due to its ability to infect human cells, much like the virus that caused the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the virus was identified by a team of virologists led by Shi Zhengli,