The Dow Jones today traded 90 points lower in pre-market trading as investors turned over imminent bilateral trade talks between the United States and China. The American trade delegation, which includes U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, will spend two days in Beijing attempting to diffuse an increasingly complicated trade situation. Markets are reacting negatively to reports that the United States is considering restrictions that would prevent certain Chinese firms from selling telecommunications equipment in the U.S markets.
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