WASHINGTON, D.C.: China's commerce minister will visit the United States next week, the Chinese Embassy announced Thursday, in a rare trip to Washington by a top Beijing official as tensions flare.

Minister Wang Wentao will meet Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and US Trade Representative Katherine Tai in Washington, said Liu Pengyu, spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington.

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