The Ministry of Commerce said officials of China and the United States will further deepen communication on business issues in the seventh round of high-level economic and trade talks in Washington this week.

On the basis of the last round of high-level consultation, the working-level talks between the two countries began on Tuesday in the US, and the high-level consultation will be held on Thursday and Friday in Washington, said Gao Feng, the ministry's spokesman.

Gao said the economic and trade teams of the two sides have conducted intensive consultations to make an agreement in accordance with the consensus reached by the two presidents during their meeting in Argentina.

"As for the specific progress of the talks, it will have to wait until the consultations are completed," he said.