US President Donald Trump has dispatched US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, along with a team of economic advisers, to China, hoping to develop a framework for a mutually agreeable trade deal. The trip comes as the two countries are locked in an escalating dispute over Beijing's alleged theft of American intellectual property and technology - including plans by Apple Inc (AAPL.O) to build its own
US President Donald Trump has dispatched US Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin, along with a team of economic advisers, to China, hoping to develop a framework for a mutually agreeable trade deal. It is hoped these talks may delay import tariffs that the two nations have threatened on each other's goods in recent weeks.