US, China to Relaunch Talks With Little Changed Since Deal Fell Apart

US, China to Relaunch Talks With Little Changed Since Deal Fell Apart
President Donald Trump poses for a photo with Chinese leader Xi Jinping before their bilateral meeting during the G20 leaders summit in Osaka, Japan on June 29, 2019. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK—The United States and China are set to relaunch trade talks this week after a two-month hiatus, but a year after their trade war began there is little sign their differences have narrowed.

After meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Japan just in late June, U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to suspend a new round of tariffs on $300 billion worth of imported Chinese consumer goods while the two sides resumed negotiations.