Yet on Wednesday, standing from the White House, Donald Trump doubled down on the US’ 145% tariffs with China. He signalled clearly that he aims to continue enforcing these tariffs fiercely. When pressed on lowering steep tariffs to give him more leverage in currency negotiations with China,

Trade negotiators from the U.S. and China are starting talks this weekend in Switzerland. These are the first high-level trade talks between the two countries since President Trump returned to the White House.

American and Chinese officials have started talks in Switzerland to de-escalate a trade dispute between the world's two biggest economies that has global implications. There is hope that the countries can scale back the tariffs they have slapped on each other's goods,