The move comes after the U.S. government eliminated the use of the "de minimis" rule for Chinese goods amid Trump's tariff war.

China said it is “evaluating” repeated approaches by senior US officials to start trade talks, but insisted negotiations can only begin if Washington removed tariffs first. If

It was news the rest of the world had been waiting to hear as astonishingly high tariffs - up to 245% on some Chinese exports to the US - throttle trade between the world's two biggest economies, raising the spectre of a recession.