The Trump administration has been saying that the two countries are engaged in talks to resolve the dispute, but Beijing asserts that no such discussions are happening.

Beijing is going on an international charm campaign to coax other countries hit hard by “Liberation Day” tariffs to take on the U.S.

China said it will “fully prepare” emergency plans to ward against increasing external shocks, taking a patient approach in defending growth as a deepening trade war with Donald Trump piles pressure on the world’s No.