WASHINGTON – A senior State Department official said Thursday that the United States was disappointed by China’s attitude at a meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a top Chinese diplomat in Hawaii this week.Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell said the Chinese were not “really forthcoming” during Pompeo's closed-door talks on Wednesday with Yang Jiechi, the Chinese Communist Party's top foreign affairs official.
The meeting was held at Honolulu's Hickam Air Force Base and coverage of it other than from official statements was not possible.Although he said the Chinese had made a “very clear commitment” to following through on the first phase of a trade agreement reached with the Trump.