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The new Chancellor Olaf Scholz is welcomed by Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki during his visit to Warsaw. Olaf Scholz is visiting Poland to continue discussions on the migration crisis at the Polish-Belarusian border, but also to address the issue of tensions with Russia. IMAGES
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen plans to tell Chinese officials Washington wants healthy economic competition but will defend U.S. trade curbs imposed on security grounds and express concern about Beijing's export controls on metals used in semiconductors and solar panels, a senior Treasury official said Thursday. Yellen was due to meet Friday with China's No. 2 leader, Premier Li Qiang, as part of efforts to revive relations that are at their lowest level in decades due to disputes over security, technology and other irritants. Treasury officials have said she wouldn't meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. FRANCE 24's Shirli Sitbon explains.
Yellen expressed that this was the first tranche of an additional €10 billion that the United States will send to Kyiv in the coming months.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen meets with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He in Switzerland. Yellen said close communication between the United States and China on economic issues is vital, ahead of the meeting. IMAGES
US Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw, with their talks expected to discuss how to provide "military assistance" for Ukraine after Washington rejected Warsaw's offer of Soviet-era fighter jets. IMAGES