US and Chinese officials are set to begin a new dialogue on export controls on Tuesday, agreed during a visit by Washington’s secretary of commerce Gina Raimondo to Beijing to restore relations between the world’s biggest economies.Washington described the talks between government officials on the “export control enforcement information exchange” as “a platform to reduce misunderstanding of US national security policies”.

China’s Ministry of Commerce said the talks would serve to “exchange information related to export control, in accordance with their respective laws”.

The talks come with Raimondo set to hold further high-level meetings with Chinese government officials in Beijing on Tuesday. The US secretary of commerce is on a four-day trip that follows China visits by secretary of state Antony Blinken and Treasury secretary Janet Yellen.