U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer will meet with China's top economic official this week in Switzerland in an initial ice-breaking step towards potential negotiations over President Donald Trump's tariff assault.

President Donald Trump’s top trade officials will be holding face-to-face trade talks with a Chinese economic official for the first time since the U.S. imposed punishing tariffs on China and set off a global trade war.

The U.S. and China will hold their first major trade talks in Geneva this weekend as tensions escalate over mounting tariffs.