U.S.-China high-stakes truce extension hangs in the balance as deadline looms
From cnbc.com
The U.S. and China have yet to announce an extension to their tariff deadline, with tensions over several thorny issues flaring up again just as a fragile truce nears its expiry. Following the latest bilateral meeting in Stockholm in July, Beijing had struck an optimistic tone, saying that both sides would work toward extending the tariff truce by another 90 days. U.S. negotiators, however, had put the ball in President Donald Trump’s court on prolonging the tariff truce. Trump, so far, has offered little indication on whether he will go for an extension, stoking concerns that tensions between the world’s two largest ...
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