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.

U.S. and Chinese officials began a second day of talks in Stockholm on Tuesday to resolve longstanding economic disputes and step back from an escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies.

Deadline looms, extension stalls without Mr Trump’s go-ahead while China is less willing to offer concessions. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.