China's President Xi meets top U.S. trade delegation officials

Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping met U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Friday, following high-level negotiations aimed at striking a trade deal ahead of a March 1 deadline.

In a photograph distributed via a pool of foreign media,

Xi shakes hands with Lighthizer, as Mnuchin stands behind his colleague.

(Reporting by Beijing Monitoring Desk; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)