US, China launch trade talks to avert tariff war

China has offered to cut its trade surplus with United States by $200bn, according to media reports, amid fresh round of talks in Washington aimed at averting a trade war.

China is denying reports it has offered to buy $200bn in American goods as part of concessions to avert a trade war between the two countries.

Delegations from the two sides are holding talks in Washington, DC.

Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports.