AUSTIN, Texas — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that she is 'probably done' serving at the highest levels of government after President Joe Biden's term ends in January but will likely meet again soon with her Chinese counterpart.
AUSTIN, Texas — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Saturday that she is 'probably done' serving at the highest levels of government after President Joe Biden's term ends in January but will likely meet again soon with her Chinese counterpart.Asked at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Texas, whether she was 'done' when a new administration takes over in January or might continue in her job or take on a new administration role, Yellen said: 'Probably done, but..
Yellen told the event in Austin that she still has a lot of work to do at the Treasury in coming months, including another likely meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, her Beijing counterpart, to try to manage an often tense relationship.The two met in April in Beijing, where Yellen warned China to rein in excess industrial capacity ahead of Biden's decision to impose steep tariff increases on Chinese-made electric vehicles, batteries, solar products and semiconductors.