janet yellen, has been holding talks in san francisco with her chinese counterpart, vice premier he lifeng tensions between the world's two biggest economies ahead of a meeting next week between president biden and president xi. michelle fleury has been following the story. the us is hosting this year's asia pacific economic cooperation summit, an annual event to promote trade between its members. ahead of next week's gathering in san francisco, there's already been a flurry of diplomatic activity, including a meeting between america and china's top finance officials. at a time of intense competition between the two nations, janet yellen had this message for china's new economic czar, he lifeng. the united states has no desire to decouple from china. a full separation of our economies would be economically disastrous for both of our countries and for the world. we seek a healthy economic relationship with china that benefits both countries over time. janet yellen's comments come ahead of a potential meeting between us presidentjoe biden and chinese president xijinping next week. since the

competition between the two nations, janet yellen had this message for china's new economic tsar, he lifeng

competition between the two nations, janet yellen had this message for china's new economic tsar, he lifenge united states has no desire to decouple from china. a full separation of our economies would be economically disastrous for both of our countries and for the world. we seek a healthy economic relationship with china that benefits both countries over time. her comments come ahead of a potential meeting between presidentjoe biden and xijinping next week. since the leaders of the world's two most powerful nations last met in bali, a lot has changed — despite us restrictions on high—tech products over the last few months, us—china relations have actually improved. both sides are keen to find more ways to cooperate on economic issues. translation: thank you, madam secretary, for your remarks. - it would give me great pleasure to meet with you again in the beautiful city of san francisco. it is less than four months since we last met in beijing and we had in—depth discussions on topics of mutual interest. the efforts of these two superpowers to stabilise their relationship comes against an

treasury secretary janet yellen is holding a two day meeting with her chinese counterpart, vice premier he lifengse president xijinping next week on the sidelines of the apec summit in san francisco — an annual event that brings together top government and business leaders from the 21 economies in the pacific rim. from new york, here's the bbc�*s north america correspondent michelle fleury. the us is hosting this year's asia pacific economic cooperation summit, an annual event to promote trade between its members. ahead of the gathering in san francisco there has already been a flurry of diplomatic activity including a meeting between america and china's top finance officials. at a time of intense competition between the two nations, janet yellen had this message for china's new economic tsar, mr he. the united states _