U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer at a cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington on Aug. 26, 2025. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent are heading to Malaysia for a fifth round of in-person trade talks with their Chinese counterparts amid heightened tensions between the two countries.
Greer confirmed the trip in a CNBC “Squawk Box” interview on Oct. 22, where he reiterated that the Chinese regime had disproportionately escalated tensions globally and that it was Beijing’s responsibility to de-escalate.
