A Respite From the Trade War? Much to the relief of financial markets, the roller-coaster ride of the U.S.-China trade war has entered another period of calm amid signs the two sides may restart negotiations. On Sept. 11, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Washington would delay the implementation of additional U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods from Oct. 1 to Oct. 15. In exchange, China has offered to buy a limited amount of U.S. agricultural goods with the expectation that the United States would eventually relax export controls on the Chinese tech giant Huawei. Over the next two weeks, midlevel U.S. and Chinese officials are planning to discuss technical and procedural issues to lay the groundwork for a meeting early next month between lead U.S. trade negotiator Robert Lighthizer and his Chinese counterpart, Liu He.