By Emma Farge and John Revill GENEVA (Reuters) -Chinese Vice Premier He Lipeng began talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent early on Saturday in Geneva in a tentative first step towards defusing a trade war that is disrupting the global economy,

GENEVA (Reuters) - Members of Chinese and U.S. delegations left a Geneva lakeside venue late on Saturday afternoon after holding a day of trade talks, according to Reuters reporters at the scene. It was unclear if the discussions would continue.

The U.S. Treasury Secretary and America’s top trade negotiator have begun talks with high-ranking Chinese officials in Switzerland to de-escalate a dispute that threatens to cut off trade between the world’s two biggest economies and damage the global