China’s Commerce Ministry said over the weekend that it had approved some export licenses for rare-earth-related products, a move seen as a goodwill gesture.

High-level delegations from the United States and China are meeting in London to try and shore up a fragile truce in a trade dispute that has roiled the global economy

A new round of trade negotiations between the United States and China is set to begin Monday in London as both sides try to preserve a fragile truce brokered last month.