After three hours of meetings on Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen and Vice Premier He Lifeng of China sat down for a working dinner at the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou, China. They planned to follow that with a scenic boat cruise along the city’s Pearl River.
The evening activity was intended to give the pair, the top economic officials from the United States and China, an opportunity to go beyond talking points and build trust.
But the first of four days of discussions about their economies was about more than pleasantries. Following months of work to reopen communication with…
