US-CHINA-TRADE-WANG

Members of a Chinese delegation led by the Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy China International Trade Representative Wang Shouwen (C) leave the building of the US Treasury after two days of talks with US representatives in Washhington DC on August 23, 2018. - US Treasury's David Malpass, undersecretary for international affairs, is leading two days of talks with China's Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen and Vice Finance Minister Liao Min as thousands of American and Chinese products became 25 percent more expensive overnight on Thursday. Washington hit China with punitive duties on another $16 billion in goods, triggering a swift tit-for-tat retaliation from Beijing. (Photo by Virginie MONTET / AFP) (Photo credit should read VIRGINIE MONTET/AFP via Getty Images)