More sober approach would benefit trade talks

Chinese and US trade negotiators are scheduled to resume talks in Shanghai, birthplace of the first joint communiqu�� between the two countries, next week, the first time they will meet since the top leaders of the two countries agreed to a temporary truce during the G20 Summit in Japan in late June.

Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He will lead the negotiations for China, while US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and US. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer will lead the US team.

It is an encouraging sign that the two sides are to sit down at the negotiation table again, as at one point it looked they couldn't even agree to do that.