The United States has rejected Beijing's offer to hold preparatory talks in Washington ahead of next week's high-level trade delegation, according to media reports.

US rejects advance trade meeting with China: Reports

US President Donald Trump said on Saturday there has been progress toward a trade deal with China, but denied that he was considering lifting tariffs on Chinese imports.

We had extraordinary number of meetings and trade deal could very well happen with China: Trump

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow has played down reports of a breakthrough in US-China trade talks, but said progress had been made. "We've made some progress with China in the deputy's meeting in Beijing," Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, told Fox Business.

No breakthrough in US-China trade talks: Trump adviser

Trump has threatened tariffs on up to $150 billion of Chinese exports as part of a separate dispute over Chinese intellectual property (IP) protections

China says it does not want US trade frictions to escalate

The world's two largest economies have been at loggerheads over trade and industrial practices for months with the talks underway in the Chinese capital the third formal round of negotiations

'Frank' trade discussions in Beijing: US commerce secretary

China warned the United States on Sunday that any agreements reached on trade and business between the two countries will be void if Washington implements tariffs and other trade measures, as the two ended their latest round of talks in Beijing

China warns US won't get trade benefits if tariffs implemented as talks end

Wilbur Ross's June 2-4 visit was confirmed in a phone call with China's point man on economic matters, Vice Premier Liu He

US commerce chief to hold trade talks in China next week

The apparent detente between the two economic giants follows months of increasing tensions that have set markets on edge over fears of a damaging trade war

US, China back off on tariffs, easing trade tensions

China is set to name Liu He, a Harvard-trained economist who advises President Xi Jinping, as a vice premier overseeing the economy and financial sector, five sources familiar with the development said

China to name Harvard-trained Liu He as vice premier overseeing economy: Sources

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