China’s economy grew at a steady 6.4 percent pace in the first quarter.

Trump, meanwhile, lashed out at Huawei after a former Obama-era official registered as a lobbyist for the firm.

Now, that door appears to be closing, with the two nations ramping up their strategic rivalry and each regarding academic visitors from the other with greater suspicion — of espionage, commercial theft and political meddling.

U.S. negotiators have tempered demands that China curb industrial subsidies as a condition for a trade deal after strong resistance from Beijing, according to two sources briefed on discussions, marking a retreat on a core U.S. objective for the trade talks.

President says a third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ‘could happen’.

Cloud computing, data handling and other issues around the tech sector are at the forefront of negotiations.

Move comes in spite of European Commission’s branding of China as ‘systemic rival’.

Rubio says US technology group is ‘complicit’ in aiding Beijing’s government censorship.

The United States and China have largely agreed on a mechanism to police any trade agreement they reach, including establishing new “enforcement offices,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday.

U.S. companies shift purchases of tariff-targeted products like furniture, refrigerators and car tires to countries such as Vietnam, South Korea, Taiwan and Mexico.