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US and Chinese officials have made progress after two days of high-level trade negotiations,says US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. "We have had productive two days of discussions," he tells reporters just before top Chinese trade envoy Liu He is due to meet President Donald Trump. SOUNDBITE
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he looks forward to “productive meetings” as he leaves the hotel ahead of trade discussions. IMAGES
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes his Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida in New Delhi for talks expected to focus on deepening trade and technology ties as well as shared concern about China. IMAGES
British and EU negotiators plunge into the final hours of their scramble for a post-Brexit trade deal, deeply divided on the highly-charged issue of fishing rights. IMAGES of UK chief negociator David Frost in Brussels
French President Emmanuel Macron says he hopes China and the United States can resolve their trade war but that any deal must "preserve the interests" of other economic partners, starting with the European Union, as he addresses an international trade fair in Shanghai. SOUNDBITE
Chinese and US trade negotiators start official trade talks in Shanghai in a bid to bring an end a year-long trade war that has seen both tariffs and insults flung between the world's two largest economies. IMAGES