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.

U.S. officials are “not satisfied yet” about all the issues standing in the way of a deal to end the U.S.-China trade war but made progress in talks with China last week, a top White House official said on Monday.

The two Boeing crashes of recent months show the risks and complications entailed by an increasingly globalized industrial chain. China and the US should use the incident as a trigger to scrutinize their manufacturing processes, including the usage of automation and artificial intelligence, and build novel cooperation mechanisms to prevent future accidents.

President Trump’s top economic advisor says the U.S. and China are getting closer to a trade deal and that top tier officials will be talking again this week. Larry Kudlow’s comments echoed the positive vibe from China’s Xinhua News Agency after the latest round of talks ended Friday.

Trump’s economic advisor Larry Kudlow told reporters that China has recognized issues of hacking and IP theft in trade talks.

Liu He is in Washington for the latest round of trade talks.

The rise of tribalism internationally makes for politics rife with reflexive scorn; it’s US vs China, Airbus vs Boeing, “we” vs “them.” Beijing’s decision to ground Boeing’s newest jetliner only emphasizes such tribalism within the US-China relationship.

Continuing to suspend additional tariffs is a goodwill gesture following a U.S. decision to delay tariff hikes on Chinese imports.

U.S. National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow discusses U.S.-China trade talks and the possibility of removing some China trade tariffs.

Under the proposal, foreign providers would be allowed to own data centers as part of a pilot in a free-trade zone.