Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcoming ceremony in Beijing, on November 9, 2017. Getty Images Hong Kong —

US and Chinese officials are set to convene another round of trade negotiations in Malaysia this weekend, as the two rival powers seek to salvage fragile relations ahead of a highly anticipated meeting between President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

Delegations led by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and China’s Vice Premier He Lifeng will set the stage for talks between Trump and Xi when they meet next Thursday in South Korea.

The fifth round of trade talks comes at a precarious time for US-China relations, after both countries slapped sweeping measures on the other following month

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