US and China to discuss export controls but analysts do not expect breakthroughs

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo (second from right) meeting her Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao (second from left) in Beijing on Aug 28. - AFP

BEIJING (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): The United States and China have agreed to set up a platform to discuss export controls, a sticking point in their relationship amid ongoing tussles over trade and technology.

But the new channel of communication, announced after US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo’s meeting with her counterpart, Wang Wentao, in Beijing, is not expected to lead to policy breakthroughs given the political disagreements that still exist, said analysts.