US, China agree on framework to resolve trade disputes

Senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators have agreed on a framework to get their trade negotiations back on track after a series of disputes that threatened to derail them, Chinese state media said Wednesday.

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The announcement followed two days of talks in the British capital that ended late Tuesday.

The meetings appeared to focus on finding a way to resolve disputes over mineral and technology exports that had shaken a fragile truce on trade reached in Geneva last month. It's not clear whether any progress was made on the more fundamental differences over China's sizeable trade surplus with the United States.

President Donald Trump spoke with Chinese leader Xi Jinping by phone last week to try to calm the waters.