Top US and Chinese trade negotiators are due to speak by telephone in the coming days, but no face-to-face talks have been scheduled yet, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Monday (Jul 15). That would be the second call in two weeks by senior officials from Washington and Beijing as the thaw in fraught trade negotiations continues. "We expect to have another principal-level call this week," Mnuchin told reporters on Monday. "To the extent we make significant progress, there's a good chance we'll go there later." President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart last month agreed to resume trade talks ... (full story)