US-China trade talks in Shanghai yield more friction than fruit

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Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, far right, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, far left, meet at a conference center in Shanghai on July 31. © Reuters

ISSAKU HARADA, Nikkei staff writer

SHANGHAI -- The U.S. and China had little to show for a brief round of high-level trade talks that ended here Wednesday, exchanging barbs but announcing no details on purchases of American farm goods or sanctions relief for Chinese group Huawei Technologies.

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