Chinese Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai met virtually on Saturday morning to discuss trade issues between the two countries. Liu is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chief of the Chinese side of the China-U.S. comprehensive economic dialogue. The conversation marked the second time that Liu and Tai have spoken with each other and it followed Tai's speech on Monday saying that she would seek frank talks with her Chinese counterpart to discuss progress made under the phase-one trade agreement.