InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate As tariff hike looms, China asks US to meet it halfway, denies backtracking By financialnews_rlv83x - May 9, 2019 0 181 China appealed to the United States to meet it halfway to salvage a deal that could end their trade war, with its chief negotiator in Washington for two days of talks hoping to stave off U.S. tariff increases set to be triggered on Friday.