Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Jamieson Greer, the United States Trade Representative, are leading the talks for Washington. For Beijing, the negotiations are being led by He Lifeng, China’s vice premier for economic policy. The tariffs effectively cut off trade between the world’s two largest economies.

Trade talks between the U.S. and China resumed in Switzerland on Sunday as President Trump took to social media to say "great progress" was being made. Trump said in a post late Saturday that the weekend talks were going well,

U.S. and Chinese officials are set to meet in Switzerland to discuss potentially de-escalating the trade spat that has resulted in high tariffs for each country.