Trump upbeat on U.S.-China talks as Beijing underscores tariff-cut demands
December 05, 2019 at 15:34 PM EST
U.S.-China trade talks are "moving right along," President Donald Trump said on Thursday, striking an upbeat tone even as Chinese officials held fast to their line that existing tariffs must come off as part of an interim deal to de-escalate the 17-month trade war between the two powers.