Pompeo Voices Optimism for Good Outcome on US-China Trade

Borge Brende, President of World Economic Forum stands on a stage while U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen on screens as he addresses attendees via satellite, during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 22, 2019. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters

DAVOS, Switzerland—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced optimism on Jan. 22 for a good outcome in upcoming trade talks with China and said a superpower conflict between the two nations could be avoided.

Pompeo, speaking by video to the annual Davos summit of big business, was referring to protracted negotiations designed to avert a threat by U.S. President Donald Trump to further ramp up tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports by early March.