Donald Trump warned it was “not easy” to hold negotiations with China as trade talks in London entered a second day. The US president insisted he was only getting “good reports” about progress between the teams of officials from Washington and Beijing.

A new round of trade negotiations between the United States and China has started in London, with both sides trying to preserve a fragile truce brokered last month.

The U.S. dollar was steady on Tuesday in tight trading as Washington and Beijing remained locked in trade talks that left investors on edge and hesitant in placing major bets while looking ahead to U.