Officials said in a joint statement they would reduce tariffs, “recognizing the importance of a sustainable, long-term, and mutually beneficial economic and trade relationship.”

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil is visiting Beijing this week, and China’s Xi Jinping will also meet top officials from other Latin American and Caribbean nations to emphasize their ties.

Investors were optimistic after American officials touted progress in trade negotiations over the weekend, though details had yet to be released.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the details would be announced on Monday after two days of negotiations in Geneva.

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The outcome of the trade negotiations, which will continue on Sunday, could determine the trajectory of the global economy.

For years, the leader of China has planned to make the world dependent on its exports and know-how. But the strategy has costs for his own country.

A movement of manufacturing to Vietnam that began in President Trump’s first term is accelerating as sky-high U.S. tariffs block Chinese exports.

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The president said reducing tariffs to 80 percent from the current 145 percent “sounds right,” as U.S. and Chinese negotiators prepare to meet in Switzerland.

President Trump hailed an agreement with Britain as a breakthrough — but far tougher negotiations, including with China, beckon.

Dispensary owners say a protracted trade war would harm a niche but popular sector in which imported herbs are prescribed to treat colds, pain and other ailments.

Shipments of goods to the United States plunged by 21 percent in April, but spiked to Asia as President Trump imposed sky-high tariffs on China.

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The Treasury secretary and trade representative plan to meet with Chinese officials this weekend to discuss trade and economic matters.

The chief executive of Detroit Axle, which sells car parts that are mostly imported from China, is adjusting his business and hoping for a new trade deal.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will finally start negotiating with Chinese counterparts. But business leaders shouldn’t expect any sudden breakthroughs.

Beijing says it will meet with American officials to discuss trade, but warned Washington against using the engagement to ratchet up pressure on China.

Xi Jinping, China’s leader, is reinforcing his bond with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. But that could hurt Beijing’s efforts to repair ties with Europe.

Increasing Western military support to India, and China’s to Pakistan, signals a shift in global alignments — and another potential flashpoint for international tensions.

Morocco is linked to Europe on the strength of its auto sector and a trade pact. But its status as a connector country has become precarious in the trade war.

China’s central bank acted shortly after news that officials from China and the Trump administration will hold their first formal trade talks since the punishing tariffs began.

Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, and Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, will discuss trade and economic matters with the officials this week.

While imports can swing with seasonal shifts, President Trump’s ratcheting up of U.S. tariffs on China has begun to cascade through supply chains, government data shows.

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Mattel, the U.S. toy company, said it would increase prices of some U.S. toys, citing levies on Chinese imports.

An unending purge in China’s top military ranks raises serious questions over the country’s readiness for offensive war.

President Trump has ended a tariff loophole that generated lots of business for delivery companies shipping inexpensive goods from China to the U.S.