China and U.S. Wrap First Day of Trade Talks

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent leaves Rosenbad after the trade talks between the US and China in Stockholm, Sweden on July 28, 2025. (Photo by Caisa RASMUSSEN / TT NEWS AGENCY / AFP)

By Nioucha Zakavati with Beiyi Seow in Washington

Chinese and U.S. officials wrapped the first day in a fresh round of talks in Stockholm on Monday, with the world’s top two economies looking to extend a fragile trade truce in the face of President Donald Trump’s global tariff war.

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