Breaking BBG headline, citing two people familiar

  • Next US tariff on $16 billion in Chinese imports to hit as early as Wednesday, with China threatening to respond in kind
  • US officials said to meet this week on China trade posture
  • Mnuchin and Liu He are having private conversations as they look for ways to reengage
  • There is an agreement among them that more talks need to take place

US stock futures climbed a bit on the headlines but the market has seen this good-cop, bad-cop routine before with Mnuchin trying to patch things up and then others, including Lighthizer blowing it up.