US Hopes to Re-launch China Trade Talks, Won’t Accept Conditions on Tariffs: Official
U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend a working dinner after the G20 leaders summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina Dec. 1, 2018. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
WASHINGTON—The United States hopes to re-launch trade talks with China after President Donald Trump and Chinese Leader Xi Jinping meet in Japan on June 29 but Washington will not accept any conditions on tariffs, a senior administration official said on June 25.
The two sides could agree not to impose new tariffs as a goodwill gesture to get negotiations going, the official said, but it was unclear if that would happen.
