U.S.-China Talks Draw a Blank, Bringing Fresh Tariffs Into View
- No further talks scheduled with more U.S. tariffs looming
- Latest volley of tit-for-tat tariffs took effect on Thursday
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The trade war between the U.S. and China is primed to escalate after their governments failed to make progress in two days of talks.
The two sides had met with low expectations for this week’s meetings and no further talks had been scheduled, a person familiar with the discussions said. The person, who requested anonymity to discuss the private deliberations, also said Chinese officials had raised the possibility that no further negotiations could happen until after November’s mid-term elections in the U.S.