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‘No quick cosmetic fix’ for China at US trade talks

China is looking for substantive progress at the Geneva negotiations, contradicting Donald Trump’s claims of a “total reset” in trade relations.

Jessica Sier

Tokyo | After eight hours of negotiations in an 18th-century villa on Lake Geneva’s shores, US and Chinese officials emerged with no public deal and only a commitment to keep talking for at least a second day.

Donald Trump claimed a “total reset” in trade relations between the world’s two biggest economies following the talks aimed at starting to walk back sky-high tariffs that have roiled markets and threatened the global economy.

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Jessica Sier is the North Asia Correspondent for The Australian Financial Review. She is based in Tokyo, Japan. Jessica has previously written on technology, global capital markets and economics. Connect with Jessica on Twitter. Email Jessica at jessica.sier@afr.com

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