Hello and welcome to World Business Report here on the BBC World Service.
I'm Rahul Tandon, another busy program coming up,
lots happening in the global economy, people still digesting that EU-US trade deal.
We're going to hear from businesses, how they think it affects them.
So that is all to come up.
We'll tell you what the IMF is saying about... the growth of the global economy as well.
But we are going to start with negotiations,
trade talks that are taking place between the world's two largest economies, the US and China.
They, of course, are taking place in the Swedish capital, Stockholm.
No major breakthroughs as yet, but the talking is continuing.
We may hear from the negotiators, or one set of negotiators in the next hour.
Half an hour, who knows.
Well, a little earlier though, I caught up with somebody who is there.
That's Sofei Xu of the South China Morning Post.
I asked him to begin with how the talks are going.
I think the talks are going... fairly fine.
And then the feeling that we're having on the ground here is somewhat relaxed.
To give you an example,
a source familiar with this matter told journalists that talk today started at around 10.30 a.m. and it lasted for roughly three hours.
And then both teams took a lunch break.