A mutual mistrust between China and the United States is hampering efforts to de-escalate their trade dispute, sources say. Photo: Reuters
A mutual mistrust between China and the United States is hampering efforts to de-escalate their trade dispute, sources say. Photo: Reuters
US-China trade war
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exclusive | China-US trade talks unofficially resume, but progress hamstrung by mutual ‘deep mistrust’, sources say

Washington wants Beijing to make swift changes to its economic model because it doubts it will make them gradually

Wendy WuOwen Churchill
Wendy Wu and Owen Churchill

Updated: 11:30pm, 3 Aug, 2018

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A mutual mistrust between China and the United States is hampering efforts to de-escalate their trade dispute, sources say. Photo: Reuters
A mutual mistrust between China and the United States is hampering efforts to de-escalate their trade dispute, sources say. Photo: Reuters
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