The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post has published an update on the sixth round of U.S.-China trade talks, which concluded moments ago in Paris. SCMP’s title for the update is rather ominous: “China and the US end trade talks as doubts form over Trump visit.” The report states that both sides discussed a possible extension of existing tariff and non-tariff measures, as well as bilateral investment. China’s top trade negotiator, Li Chenggang, said the two sides held “deep, frank, and constructive” talks and agreed to “continue to maintain the stability of tariffs.” Earlier, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC’s Brian Sullivan in Paris that any delay in the Trump-Xi meeting later this month would not be due to Beijing declining to assist the U.S. in reopening the Strait of Hormuz with a naval coalition, but rather because of logistics: “If the meeting, for some reason, is rescheduled, it would be rescheduled because of logistics.” “I don’t think the meeting is in jeopardy, but it’s quite possible the meeting could be delayed,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News moments ago. Leavitt said, “These are leader-to-leader conversations that are currently taking place,” adding that if the trip is […]