China on Saturday said it had granted approval to some applications for the export of rare earths, in a move that comes just ahead of fresh trade talks between Chinese and U.S. officials on Monday. China's strict export controls over rare earths has been a flashpoint in trade relations with the U.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's foreign ministry said on Saturday that Chinese vice premier He Lifeng will visit the United Kingdom between June 8 and June 13. The first meeting of the China-U.S. economic and trade consultation mechanism will be held with the United States during this visit, the ministry said.

Deliveries to Chinese customers ceased abruptly in April as a result of retaliatory tariffs sparked by deteriorating relations between Washington and Beijing.

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng will visit the United Kingdom from June 8 to 13, during which time he will also participate in trade talks with the U.S. The talks are scheduled on Monday in London, and were announced by U.

President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke on Thursday, and both countries pledged to restart tariff and trade talks in the coming days. Trump hailed the call as "positive," with both leaders inviting the other to visit their respective countries.

Boeing Co. has begun shipping commercial jets to China for the first time since early April, indicating a reopening of trade flows amid the long-simmering tariff war between the US and Asia’s biggest economy.

China and France have agreed to resolve their trade disputes through dialogue, China's foreign ministry said on Friday, though there was no indication that agreement had been reached in talks on lifting Chinese levies on European brandy.

Canada and China have reached a diplomatic detente, after years of testy relations and with President Trump targeting both countries with hefty tariffs. Prime Minister Mark Carney said a call he held with Chinese Premier Li Qiang marks the start of “recalibrating the relationship with China.

The US is using its dominance of a niche petroleum gas as a bargaining chip in its trade war with China. America supplies China with almost all of its ethane, a product of the shale boom that’s used as a building block for making plastics.

Gatestone Institute senior fellow Gordon Chang weighs in on the U.S.-China trade negotiations, tariffs and Chinese national facing federal charges for smuggling fungus into the U.S.