July 19, 2019 10:25AM ET

US, China Trade Negotiators Talk for Second Time Since Truce

ustr trade talks china us — Robert Lighthizer, U.S. trade representative, left, and Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, wait to greet Liu He, China's vice premier, not pictured, outside the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, May 9, 2019. The U.S. and China have signaled hardening positions as they prepare for high-stakes talks in Washington to avoid an escalation in a year-old trade war that has cast a long shadow over financial markets and the global economy.

CREDIT: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

U.S. and Chinese senior officials spoke by phone this week, the second call since the late June summit at which the two sides agreed to a truce in their ongoing trade conflict. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and U.S. Treasury Steven Mnuchin spoke to the Chinese side earlier, a USTR spokesman said. China’s Commerce Ministry…

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