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The U.S. and China are continuing talks to maintain a tariff truce set to expire in two weeks, with President Trump to make the final decision on any extension, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday. The Stockholm talks marked the third round of negotiations in under three months, concluding ahead of the August 12 deadline for resolving differences during a 90-day suspension of steep tariffs that had threatened to disrupt trade between the world’s two largest economies. Extending the truce by another 90 days remains an option, Bessent said. “There’s still a couple of technical details to work out,” he noted after two days of talks with officials led by China’s Vice-Premier He Lifeng. Chinese negotiator Li Chenggang said both sides agreed to uphold the truce, calling the talks “candid, in-depth and geared for continued close communication,” though he gave no timeline.