The Latest: US, China mum at end 2nd day of trade talks
Posted Feb 15, 2019 2:46 am.
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BEIJING — The Latest on China-U.S. trade talks in Beijing (all times local):
5:45 p.m.
Two days of U.S.-Chinese trade talks have ended with no immediate indication whether they made progress on a battle over Beijing’s technology ambitions.
Delegations led by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and his Chinese counterpart, Vice Premier Liu He, met at a government guesthouse. They left without talking to reporters.
Earlier, President Donald Trump’s top economic adviser said he has yet to decide whether to go ahead with a March 2 tariff increase on Chinese imports from China. Companies and investors worry the fight between the two biggest global economies could drag on weakening world growth.
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12:00 a.m.
U.S. and Chinese envoys are holding a second day of trade talks after the top economic adviser to President Donald Trump said he has yet to decide whether to go ahead with a March 2 tariff increase on imports from China.
Business groups and economists say the two days of negotiations due to run through Friday are too brief to resolve a sprawling dispute over Beijing’s technology ambitions. They say China’s goal is to persuade Trump to push back the March 2 deadline.
Trump’s economic adviser, Larry Kudlow, told reporters in Washington the “vibe is good” in the talks, but he said Trump has made no decision on whether to escalate the dispute by letting the March 2 tariff hike go ahead.
Both sides have expressed optimism without releasing details.
The Associated Press
