US President Donald Trump announced Friday a new round of trade talks with China in London next week, a day after calling Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a bid to end a bitter battle over tariffs.

The talks in the British capital on Monday will mark the second round of such negotiations between the world’s two biggest economies since Trump launched his trade war this year.

“The meeting should go very well,” said Trump in a post on his Truth Social platform.

The president added that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer would meet the Chinese team.

The first talks between Washington and Beijing since Trump slapped levies on allies and adversaries alike took place in Geneva last month.

While Trump had imposed

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