Li Chenggang, the Chinese vice minister of commerce and international trade representative, told state media the discussions had been "candid" and that the two sides would push to

President Trump’s executive order carved out a special tariff on goods shipped indirectly to the United States by way of other countries.

President Donald Trump's simmering trade feud with India, a key U.S. economic and defense partner, has raised fears that New Delhi could be pushed deeper into Russia and China's orbit. Trump imposed a 25-percent tariff of all Indian goods coming into the United States from August 1 as well as an unspecified extra penalty for India's continued purchase of Russian oil amid the war in Ukraine.