The United States and China on Saturday held “very constructive" trade talks in Malaysia ahead of highly anticipated meeting of Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in South Korea next week, a US Treasury spokesman said.

“Today’s talks have concluded. They have been very constructive, and we expect them to resume in the morning," he said as quoted by news agency AFP.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng at Merdeka 118 — the world’s second-tallest building.

The world’s two largest economies are looking to avert an escalation of their trade war and ensure that a meeting happens next week between the two leaders, a high-stakes conversation that could revolve around some interim relief on tariffs, technology controls, and Chinese purchases of US soybeans.

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