Beijing's top trade official says China and the United States have agreed to work on extending a deadline for new tariffs on each other after two days of trade talks in Stockholm

In response to questions on recent China-US trade talks in Sweden, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) spokesperson He Yadong said on Thursday that the two sides held candid, in-depth, and constructive discussions in Stockholm from July 28 to 29 on trade relations and macroeconomic policy issues of mutual concern.

U.S. and Chinese officials began a second day of talks in Stockholm on Tuesday to resolve longstanding economic disputes and step back from an escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies.