Both sides are signaling that the round of talks scheduled to last two days in Shanghai will not produce much progress towards resolving the trade conflict between the two countries, but they are hoping that both sides follow through on certain goodwill gestures that will at least pave the way for more substantive talks in the future to iron out disagreements over intellectual property rights and government support of key industries.

At the top of the list are China following through on commitments to purchase more U.S. agricultural products and the U.S. allowing tech giant Huawei to resume sales to some ... Log in to view full article.