Beijing's top trade official says China and the United States have agreed to work on extending a deadline for new tariffs on each other after two days of trade talks in Stockholm.

Officials from the U.S. and China continued trade talks in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday in an effort to prevent tariff increases next month.

Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, shakes hands with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent prior to a new round of China-U.S. economic and trade talks in Stockholm, Sweden, July 28, 2025. (Xinhua/Dai Tianfang)