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Global finance chiefs hoping to defuse trade tensions aren’t making much headway at meetings in Washington so far, even as they pressure the U.S. and China to refrain from any sudden unilateral actions.
There was little progress on trade at a smaller meeting of G-7 finance officials on Thursday, according to a person familiar with the talks who declined to be identified because the discussions were private. Finance ministers and central banks from the Group of 20 met for dinner and are holding a series of meetings Friday at the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank.