GENEVA (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Secretary and America’s top trade negotiator began talks with high-ranking Chinese officials in Switzerland Saturday aiming to de-escalate a dispute that threatens to cut off trade between the world’s two biggest economies and damage the global economy.

By Emma Farge and John Revill GENEVA (Reuters) -Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng resumed talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Saturday afternoon in Geneva in a tentative first step towards defusing a trade war that is disrupting the global economy.

High-ranking representatives from China and the United States have opened negotiations in Geneva aimed at resolving their ongoing tariff dispute, sources close to the delegations said on Saturday. Vice Premier He Lifeng is leading the Chinese side,