A new round of trade negotiations between the United States and China has started in London, with both sides trying to preserve a fragile truce brokered last month. The fresh talks were announced last week after a long-anticipated phone call between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping,

High-level delegations from the United States and China are meeting in London to try and shore up a fragile truce in a trade dispute that has roiled the global economy

US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday agreed to further trade talks aimed at resolving disputes over tariffs and supplies of rare earth minerals at the heart of tensions between the world’s two largest economies.