US President Donald Trump yesterday said that he was not ready to finalize a trade deal with Beijing and signalled that he might cancel talks set for the next month. President Trump's comments raised the stakes in the intensifying US-China trade war. Relations have soured further in the past week after Trump announced a new round of punitive tariffs on Chinese goods despite a truce agreed with President Xi Jinping. Beijing also responded by halting all purchases of US agricultural goods.<br />'' <br />'' <br />