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“I advise the U.S. side to carefully read China's White Papers and stop being so self-conceited,” a Chinese spokesman said.

Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard on Tuesday said there was a strong chance the U.S. and Mexico could strike an agreement on immigration issues ahead of threatened tariffs on Mexican imports, but President Trump, in London, contended “it’s more likely that the tariffs go on."

If the United States moves ahead with plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports, Mexico’s first recourse will be to seek the help of the international community, Economy Secretary Graciela Márquez Colín said on Monday.

“The draft SAA provides an outline for further discussions with Congress on these issues,” he told the House speaker. “We have included placeholders flagging areas we expect will be the focus of those conversations.”

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Thursday sent lawmakers a draft statement of administrative action on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, starting the 30-day clock allowing for the submission of final implementing legislation to Capitol Hill.

The U.S. on Tuesday blocked the European Union’s first request to establish a World Trade Organization dispute panel over the Commerce Department’s antidumping and countervailing duties on Spanish olives.

Ministers said they instructed staff to “continue efforts to finalize trilateral text-based work ... to engage with other key WTO Members with the aim of initiating negotiations on stronger disciplines on industrial subsidies and state-owned enterprises.”

“You might get some tangential stuff on other economic-related issues,” said CSIS'  Matthew Goodman, “but I doubt there will be anything on trade.”