Beijing mulls energy independence as US-China trade talks resume
A new round of talks in Shanghai this week is not expected to break the deadlock in the trade war, and a prolonged standstill could bolster China’s plans for US-style energy independence A new round of talks in Shanghai this week is not expected to break the deadlock in the trade war, and a prolonged standstill could bolster China’s plans for US-style energy independence.
Trade negotiators from the United States return to China this week for a fresh round of talks in the financial hub of Shanghai, but neither side seems eager for a speedy resolution to the impasse between the world’s two biggest economies.
The meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday in Shanghai will be the first face-to-face discussions since US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping reached an uneasy truce on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan last month.
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