Senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators meet in Stockholm on Monday to tackle longstanding economic disputes at the centre of a trade war between the world's top two economies, aiming to extend a truce keeping sharply higher tariffs at bay.

What the market is looking for as US and Chinese trade negotiators meet this week is whether recent de-escalatory signals between the two superpowers will produce a further delay of steep tariffs.

Amid many uncertainties in China-US economic and trade relations, the spontaneous visits of American business representatives to China represent a collective choice of the business community. The South China Morning Post's recent interview with Sean Stein,

Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te is set to delay a diplomatically sensitive trip his team had floated to the Trump administration for August that would have included stops in the United States, according to three people familiar with the matter.

The Trump admin is reportedly prohibiting Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te from stopping over in New York City while en route to diplomatic meetings in Central America.

Washington and Beijing should maintain relations and possibly look for areas of cooperation, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in an interview with Fox News television.

U.S. senators from both major parties plan to introduce bills this week targeting China over its treatment of minority groups, dissidents and Taiwan, emphasizing security and human rights as President Donald Trump focuses on trade with Beijing.

The desire for a hardline on China is one of the few truly bipartisan sentiments in the perennially divided Congress. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

China said on Monday it looked forward to ensuring "reciprocity" in trade with the United States, as top Beijing and Washington economic officials are set to renew negotiations in the Swedish capital Stockholm.