WH: Trade teams in touch in preparation for high level talks at the end of Jan - CNBC

In response to an earlier report about Trump administration cancelling the meeting with Chinese officials at the end of the month amid lack of progress in two key trade issues, the White House said that trade teams of both sides were still in touch.

"WH says trade teams "remain in touch in preparation for high level talks with Vice Premier Liu He at the end of this month," CNBC's Washington correspondent Kayla Tausche tweeted out.