US officials have said privately that an enforcement mechanism for a deal and timelines for lifting tariffs are sticking points
In US policy circles, suspicion of China is starting to resemble a new Red Scare. Universities are heightening scrutiny of research proposals from China
Donald Trump has said he expects to finalise the deal in a meeting with Xi
The US President Donald Trump has repeatedly claimed that India is a 'tariff king' and imposes 'tremendously high' import duties on American goods
US and China would each establish an "enforcement office" to monitor compliance
With his latest threat to impose tariffs on $11 billion in imports from the EU - Trump offered a vivid reminder that he has other relationships he's eager to rewrite
Levies would fall on helicopters, wines and some motorcycles
Future talks will be conducted in "various ways," Xinhua reported on Saturday, without providing details
Talks between China and the United States are in the final stages
If, as a reciprocal arrangement, China scales up its exports to the US, it will shut the doors for several other exporting countries
Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had been expected to hold a summit at the president's Mar-a-Lago property in Florida later this month, but no date has been set for a meeting
Chinese officials have long been wary of putting Xi in a position where he might be embarrassed by an unpredictable Trump or forced into last-minute concessions
Both countries could lift some tariffs imposed last year, and Beijing would agree to ease restrictions on American products
The latest series of meetings was supposed to end Friday, but China's Vice Premier Liu He will stay in the American capital for two extra days
Trump again said he was considering pushing back the deadline for raising tariffs on more than $200 billion in Chinese exports
The two countries have held at least half a dozen such rounds of talks since then
The talks are aimed at 'achieving needed structural changes in China that affect trade between the United States and China'
The US and China have been locked in an escalating trade spat since early 2018, raising import tariffs on each other's goods
The US and China have been locked in an escalating trade spat since early 2018, raising import tariffs on each other's goods
No specific plans for a meeting with Xi were announced, but Trump said there could be more than one meeting