China and the US had on May 12 struck a 90-day deal to roll back some of the tariffs the two nations imposed on each other's goods.

US President Donald Trump has appointed key officials to lead trade talks with China in London on June 9, following a phone call with President Xi Jinping. Both leaders agreed to resume negotiations amid rising tensions over tariffs and rare earth supplies,

Donald Trump said a new high-level round of trade talks between the US and China would take place on Monday in London, as Washington and Beijing move quickly to try to stabilise their fraught economic relations.