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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (from left), U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He gather for a meeting in Beijing on May 1. They are due to meet again in Shanghai this week.

As U.S.-China Trade Talks Resume, A Deal Remains Uncertain

3:52pm July 29, 2019

by Scott Horsley

U.S. trade negotiators are heading to Shanghai for talks with their Chinese counterparts this week, but there appears to be little pressure for a settlement in the year-old conflict.

President Trump and China's President Xi Jinping are expected to talk about trade on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan, later this month.

Trump Turns Trade Talks Into Spectator Sport

7:48pm June 13, 2019

by Scott Horsley

President Trump plans to hold trade talks with his Chinese counterpart. The administration's rhetoric is not the kind of dry, technocratic language one usually associates with trade negotiations.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook attributed slower sales in China in part to the devaluation of the yuan.

Apple CEO Tim Cook Optimistic About U.S.-China Trade Talks

11:12pm February 11, 2019

by Laura Sydell

"Both sides are talking and I always think that is always the essential thing to reaching an agreement," Cook tells NPR. The U.S. has set a March 1 deadline for the talks, which resume this week.

Stock figures of the top 10 active securities are displayed outside the Exchange Square complex, which houses the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in Hong Kong on Monday. Asian markets closed mostly higher ahead of U.S. China talks.

Asian Markets Close Higher Reflecting Optimism Ahead Of U.S.-China Talks

12:57pm February 11, 2019

by Amy Held

Indexes climbed on Monday as Washington and Beijing officials continue to try to hash out a deal and avoid an escalation of a trade war.