<span style="color: #222222;">China's Deputy Finance Minister, Liao Min, will lead a delegation to Washington on Wednesday to prepare for the 13th round of trade negotiations with the US.<br />''  <br />'' The announcement on Tuesday follows conciliatory gestures by both sides ahead of the October talks on their fight over trade and technology, threatening to dampen global economic growth.<br />'' <br />'' The two governments have raised tariffs on billions of dollars of each other's goods. That has battered farmers and manufacturers on both sides and fueled fears the global economy might tip into recession.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Negotiations between Washington and Beijing broke down in May over how to enforce any deal.</span><br />