Chinese Vice Premier Voices Serious Concern Over New US Restrictions in Video Call With Bessent and Greer

According to Tasnim, relayed by Donya-e-Eqtesad and Ecoiran on Sunday, November 8, 2026 (17 Aban 1405), Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, who leads economic and trade dealings with the United States, held a video call with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on the countries' economic relations. The sides exchanged views on carrying out their leaders' agreements and on the results of trade talks.

He Lifeng voiced Beijing's serious concern over Washington's recent economic and trade restrictions on China. Both sides stressed strengthening the trade-talk mechanism, widening cooperation and managing differences. Two days earlier Beijing had called new US sanctions on Chinese firms illegal. The report does not announce a tariff or a new restriction being lifted or imposed in this call; China is a major buyer of Iranian oil, and the course of Beijing-Washington relations affects energy markets and sanctions.