US-China Trade Talks Close Without Progress, Analyst Says China Unlikely to Uphold Commitments

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (C) with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He (R) as U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (L) at the Xijiao Conference Centre in Shanghai, China on July 31, 2019. Ng Han Guan/AFP/Getty Images

Trade talks between the United States and China ended without any significant progress after negotiators worked to reach a deal to end the long-running trade war.

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin met with Chinese officials briefly for dinner in Shanghai on July 30 and left the next day after scheduling talks to take place in the United States in September.