High-level talks between the United States and China have begun in Geneva, Switzerland, Chinese state media reported on Saturday, in a possible thaw in the trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s massive tariffs.

US officials met with their Chinese counterparts for the first time on Saturday to go head-to-head over President Trump's tariff war.

Prospects for a major breakthrough appear dim. But there is hope that the two countries will scale back the massive import taxes they have imposed on each other’s goods since President Trump launched a trade war.