US Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, comments as he arrives in Beijing

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  • Hopes to make substantial progress in meetings with Chinese counterparts

Here we go, again. I've lost count at how many meetings there has been between the two parties at this point but in any case, it's not like we'll get a breakthrough after talks this week anyway. The can has been continuously kicked down the road and until we get real details of a breakthrough, things are expected to stay that way.