While Trump yesterday said that talks with China were ongoing, no face-to-face meetings have been held since May 10, the day he sharply increased tariffs on a US$200 billion list of Chinese goods to 25 percent, prompting Beijing to retaliate. In Beijing, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce struck a defiant tone. Mexican and US officials were also scheduled yesterday to resume their talks in Washington aimed at averting an imposition of tariffs on Mexican goods. Trump yesterday said that Mexico had made progress in the talks, but needed to do more. I think a lot of progress was made yesterday, but we need to make a lot of progress,” Trump said.

Source: Taipei Times June 06, 2019 15:56 UTC