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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison in Taipei

The US and China are talking again, but what happens next?

Janet Yellen
The US treasury secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference at the US embassy in Beijing. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP

When Janet Yellen left Beijing on Sunday after four days of talks, the US treasury secretary in effect admitted that the delegation achieved its main objective simply by sitting down with top Chinese officials.

After years of dangerous and deepening separation between the people running the world’s two biggest economies, they were finally back in a room together.

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