China and the U.S. have agreed to continue their tariff pauses on each other, according to China's top trade official.

The US and China concluded two days of trade negotiations in Stockholm on Tuesday. They were trying to reach an agreement ahead of a deadline on August 12.

U.S. and Chinese officials began a second day of talks in Stockholm on Tuesday to resolve longstanding economic disputes and step back from an escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies.