Liu He

The clock is ticking on China-EU investment talks, with the two sides said to be far apart from agreement on key issues

U.S. and Chinese economic officials struck a conciliatory tone during a call on Friday as they discussed the prospects of China fulfilling a Phase 1 trade deal that President Trump has threatened to scrap in the coming days as bilateral relations fray.

China’s Ministry of Commerce confirmed on Thursday that Vice-Premier Liu He will travel to Washington on Monday to sign the phase one deal with the United States

China delegation reschedules US trip after US President Donald Trump unilaterally announced January 15 date for ‘high representatives’ from Beijing to sign deal

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On Friday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said the two economic giants have made progress in trade discussions and have come close to finalizing parts of a phase one deal. While the phase one agreement may halt the tariff war, it doesn’t mean that current tariffs will be rolled back, analysts noted. Analysts were not hopeful that the two sides can reach consensus on more issues by the of the year.

The 13th round of talks will take place this week, but a source says that the Chinese delegation is already planning to cut short its stay in Washington by one night

China has lodged a formal diplomatic complaint with latest tariff increases by US President Donald Trump set to come into force this weekend

Donald Trump said there were “no signs” that China was moving ahead with promised purchases of US farm goods, adding to a barrage of mutual criticism as a new round of trade talks began in Shanghai.