A senior US official expressed "optimism" about the possibility
Trade agreement reached with China ahead of US presidential election next year.
"I can´t tell you when there will be an agreement between the United States and China," Mark Short, a senior aide to US Vice President Mike Pence, said in an interview with Fox Business. 2020 ".
He stressed that telephone calls were made between the United States and China on trade issues.
In an impromptu remarks to reporters on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in France on Monday, US President Donald Trump said Chinese officials had contacted "our most senior trade officials" and said "Let´s prepare for the table," Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. .
But the Chinese Foreign Ministry said it was not aware of Trump´s telephone calls.
Asked by reporters at the White House whether there would be a telephone conversation this week between the two trade delegations representing the two countries, Short said there were "ongoing talks," referring to the Treasury Department for any additional information.
