China and US remain at odds over timing of lifting tariffs

Talks to continue next week with Beijing seeking immediate end to duties

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, left, talks with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, center, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in Beijing Friday. © Reuters

TETSUSHI TAKAHASHI, Nikkei China bureau chief, and TAISEI HOYAMA, Nikkei staff writer

March 30, 2019 04:48 JST

BEIJING/WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and China will continue trade talks in Washington on Wednesday after two days of discussions in Beijing this week failed to bridge the gap over how additional tariffs imposed on each other's goods would be eliminated.