Senior US and Chinese officials met again on Sunday (May 11) in Geneva, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters, to resume weekend talks aimed at cooling the trade war that threatens the global economy.
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00:00Reuters reported that senior U.S. and Chinese officials met again on Sunday in Geneva
00:07to resume weekend talks aimed at cooling the trade war that threatens the global economy.
00:12Chinese Vice Premier Hur Lee Fung met for about eight hours on Saturday
00:17with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Trade Representative Jameson Greer
00:23in their first face-to-face meeting since the countries imposed tariffs above 100% on each
00:29other's goods in a tit-for-tat tariff clash since early last month. The two delegations did not
00:35comment about the substance of the discussions nor signaled any specific progress towards reducing
00:40the tariffs and trade barriers. The venue of the meeting was said to be the residence of
00:45Switzerland's ambassador to the United Nations. However, U.S. President Donald Trump said on his
00:52social media account that the two sides had negotiated a total reset in a friendly but
00:58constructive manner. He said it was a very good meeting. And many things had been discussed
01:04and much had been agreed to. He said the U.S. administration wanted to see an opening up
01:09of China to American businesses. White House economic advisor Kevin Hassett told Fox News
01:16that the Chinese side is eager to engage in the talks and rebalance trade relations with the U.S.
01:28the U.S. baseball rief pesar death Cameron Hassett told Fox News that itsé‚Š's
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