New Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang lauded Americans, suggesting that ties between the world’s biggest economies could be improving despite recent tensions over Taiwan.

“I have been deeply impressed by so many hard-working, friendly and talented American people that I met,” Qin said in a Tweet on Tuesday.

I “made many friends across the US,” Qin added.

Market reaction

AUD/USD is fading its bounce to return below 0.6800 despite the above comments. The pair is losing 0.13% on the day to trade at 0.6792, at the press time.