Washington — US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday he will meet with China's top trade envoy as the two sides pursue fraught negotiations that this week appeared headed for a dead end.

In a tweet, Trump said he would meet the following day with Vice-Premier Liu He, who returned to the negotiating table on Thursday amid a blitz of aggressive US manoeuvres, with hopes for a grand bargain between the economic powers this week near zero...

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