President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that U.S. trade talks with China were going well as two top American officials reportedly plan a visit to China next week for a fresh round of talks.
"China`s going very well. Talks with China are going very well," Trump said in response to a shouted question at the end of his White House news conference with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Washington and Beijing have slapped import duties on each other`s products that have cost the world`s two largest economies billions of dollars, roiled markets and disrupted manufacturing and supply chains.
Representatives of the U.S. Treasury and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative could not be immediately reached for comment. The White House had no immediate comment.