US, Chinese Trade Deputies Face off in Washington Amid Deep Differences

US, Chinese Trade Deputies Face off in Washington Amid Deep Differences
Shipping containers from China and other Asian countries are unloaded at the Port of Los Angeles as the trade war continues between China and the U.S., in Long Beach, California on Sept. 14, 2019. Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
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WASHINGTON—U.S. and Chinese deputy trade negotiators were set to resume face-to-face talks for the first time in nearly two months on Sept. 19, as the world’s two largest economies try to bridge deep policy differences and find a way out of a bitter and protracted trade war.

The negotiations, on Thursday and Friday, are aimed at laying the groundwork for high-level talks in early October that will determine whether the two countries are working toward a solution or headed for new and higher tariffs on each other’s goods.