According to an interview she gave to MSNBC on Wednesday, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expressed the desire to visit China in order to restore ties with Beijing while also noting that there were differences between the two nations.

The US-China relationship is experiencing increased stress and pessimism over national security problems, such as Taiwan, Russia’s conflict in Ukraine, the expansion of US export restrictions on cutting-edge technologies, and China’s state-led industrial policy.

“I’m going to China in the hopes of reestablishing communication. We need to get to know one another as a new generation of leaders, Yellen was reported as saying by MSNBC.