Janet Yellen

Four years after his last trip to China in November 2019, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is visiting again. A lot has changed in the interim. The Covid-19 pandemic dramatically influenced relations between the West and China. Both sides are now in a delicate process of reducing dependencies - to the extent this is feasible in a globalized world.

The United States is "carefully" monitoring China's challenges, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sept. 8, as the slowdown in the world's second largest economy raises concerns for global growth.

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa as presiding country, are convening to consider membership requests from 22 countries, including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Saudi Arabia, and Iran.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping met former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger in Beijing on Thursday, state media reported, describing the 100-year-old as a "legendary diplomat".

Kissinger used the visit to call for a rapprochement between the United States and China, which remain at loggerheads over a range of disputes, from human rights to trade and national security.

Treasury and Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek is expected to meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen this week on the sidelines of the G20 finance ministers' summit in India.

Şimşek will be accompanied by Central Bank Governor Hafize Gaye Erkan.

Redoubling support for war-stricken Ukraine is the "single best" way to aid the global economy, U.S .Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday, along with boosting emerging economies and tackling debt distress.

The top US and Chinese diplomats will hold their second meeting in as many months on Thursday in Jakarta, seeking to manage tensions that risk flaring anew over alleged Chinese hacking.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that her talks with top Chinese officials have helped put ties on "surer footing," as she wrapped up a trip aimed at stabilizing fraught relations between the two biggest economies.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said she agreed Washington will listen to Chinese complaints about security-related curbs on U.S. technology exports and might "respond to unintended consequences" as she ended a visit to Beijing aimed at reviving strained relations.

It is "critical" for Washington and Beijing to keep working together on climate finance, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Saturday, urging deeper cooperation in addressing the "existential threat" of global warming.