YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS. China and U.S. agreed to launch trade talks in early October in Washington D.C., China’s commerce ministry said, Reuters reported.

The announcement followed a call earlier in the day between China’s Vice Premier Liu He and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on its website. China’s central bank governor Yi Gang was also on the call.

“Both sides agreed that they should work together and take practical actions to create good conditions for consultations,” the ministry said.

Washington began imposing 15% tariffs on an array of Chinese imports on Sunday, while China began placing new duties on U.S. crude oil. That prompted China to lodge a complaint against the United States at the World Trade Organization.