US, China delegations meet for 2nd day in Beijing

Beijing: US and Chinese envoys were on Friday holding a second day of trade talks after the top economic adviser to President Donald Trump said he has yet to decide whether to go ahead with a March 2 tariff increase on imports from China.

Business groups and economists say the two days of negotiations are too brief to resolve a sprawling dispute over Beijing's technology ambitions.

They say China's goal is to persuade Trump to push back the March 2 deadline.

Both sides have expressed optimism without releasing details.

The US delegation includes US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and David Malpass, a Treasury undersecretary who is Trump's nominee for World Bank president.