By Andrea Shalal, David Lawder and Jasper Ward

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Tuesday said it depended on China whether additional 100% tariffs on its exports to the United States kick in on November 1 or sooner, but acknowledged it might be hard for Beijing to find an off-ramp.

Greer told CNBC that U.S. and Chinese officials met for staff-level talks in Washington on Monday, and that he thought there was still a chance to resolve a dispute over critical minerals restrictions.

“We think we’ll be able to work through it, but again, we can’t have a situation where the Chinese keep this regime in place, where they want to have veto power over the world’s high-tech supply chains,” he said. “I think they have realized that they’ve overstepped.”

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