U.S. President Donald Trump says the on-going trade talks with China are going very well.<br />But details of the discussion remain far and few between right now. <br />For more on this and other news around the world we turn to our Ro Aram…<br />Aram….from little we know,... are we seeing any progress?<br /><br />Well Mark… it's hard to tell at the moment because, as you said, those involved in the trade talks have kept details very close to their chests.<br />The two-day talks were scheduled to end Tuesday, but reports suggest meetings will continue beyond that. <br />Officials are refusing to give reasons for the extension.<br />President Trump continues to be optimistic, tweeting the talks are going very well.<br />China's foreign ministry also made a similar assessment.<br />But it again rejected Trump's claim that Beijing is engaging in trade talks due to what he described as China's slumping economy.<br /><br />"……As for whether the Chinese economy is good or not, like I said just now, China's development has enough resilience and huge potential and we are fully confident that the fundamentals of the Chinese economy will remain sound for a long term."<br /><br />The vice-ministerial level meeting was briefly attended by Liu He, Chinese President Xi Jinping's chief economic advisor, signaling a possible sense of urgency from Beijing.<br />Liu led a previous round of talks in Washington last year that ended in failure.<br />He is expected to meet chief U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer later this month. <br />
