China's Vice Commerce Minister Li Chenggang said on Tuesday that the Chinese and the U.S. negotiating teams had agreed a framework on trade after two days of talks, and would take that back to their leaders.

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Trade negotiations between the United States and China will continue on Tuesday in London, with both sides trying to preserve a fragile truce brokered last month.