US, China talks sketch out rare earths, tariff pause for Trump and Xi to consider
By Xinghui Kok KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Top Chinese and U.S. economic officials on Sunday hashed out the framework of a trade deal for U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to decide on later this week that would pause steeper American tariffs and Chinese rare earths export controls, U.S. officials said. U.S. Treasury…