Pompeo upbeat on Sino-US trade talks

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed optimism on Tuesday about relations between the United States and China and the possibility that a good outcome in upcoming bilateral trade talks will ease tensions, which have escalated since last year.

"There are those who say that conflict, superpower conflict between our two countries, is inevitable. We don't see it that way. We want to find places where we can work together," Pompeo told the audience in Davos, Switzerland, via video link.

Pompeo was also upbeat about trade discussions with the Chinese delegation led by Vice-Premier Liu He, who will be in Washington on Jan 30 and 31. "I am optimistic that we'll receive them well and that we'll have a good outcome from those conversations," Pompeo said.