Cease-fire raises hope of trade truce

Editor's Note: The much anticipated meeting between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday helped restart the trade talks to settle bilateral trade disputes, which have roiled the global market and dimmed its growth prospects. Three experts share their views on the meeting and China-US trade negotiations with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

Need to adopt cautious attitude toward US moves

Despite the decision of China and the US to resume the trade talks to the relief of the global market, Beijing should adopt a cautious attitude toward Washington's moves given the latter's attitude in the previous 11 rounds of bilateral trade talks. That the US leader said he harbors no hostility toward China should be judged by the actions he takes in the future. Besides, the influence the China hawks represented by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro exert on Trump remains to be seen.