China’s Commerce Ministry confirms new progress in negotiating the text of a Sino-U.S. trade deal.

The smaller deficit suggests U.S. economic growth in the first quarter might have been stronger than previously estimated.

Negotiators aim for signing ceremony in late May or early June.

Leader Kim Jong Un is signaling a firmer stance toward the U.S. following the breakdown of denuclearization talks.

The U.S. trade deficit fell to an eight-month low in February as imports from China plunged.

China’s economy grew at a steady 6.4 percent pace in the first quarter.

Trump, meanwhile, lashed out at Huawei after a former Obama-era official registered as a lobbyist for the firm.

Now, that door appears to be closing, with the two nations ramping up their strategic rivalry and each regarding academic visitors from the other with greater suspicion — of espionage, commercial theft and political meddling.

U.S. negotiators have tempered demands that China curb industrial subsidies as a condition for a trade deal after strong resistance from Beijing, according to two sources briefed on discussions, marking a retreat on a core U.S. objective for the trade talks.

President says a third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ‘could happen’.