Beijing's top trade official says China and the United States have agreed to work on extending a deadline for new tariffs on each other after two days of trade talks in Stockholm

Chinese and American trade negotiators concluded their two-day meeting in Stockholm without a clear path forward to avert tariffs from skyrocketing back to ultra-high levels that formed an effective blockade on trade between the world’s two largest economies.

In response to questions on recent China-US trade talks in Sweden, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) spokesperson He Yadong said on Thursday that the two sides held candid, in-depth, and constructive discussions in Stockholm from July 28 to 29 on trade relations and macroeconomic policy issues of mutual concern.