U.S. President Donald Trump avoided a question on Monday about whether he would extend an August 12 deadline for higher U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, saying, "we'll see what happens," as he lauded China's cooperation in talks with the U.

A tariff truce between Beijing and Washington has been extended another 90 days. US President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending a pause in sharply higher US tariffs on Chinese imports. China said it was hoping to see "positive" signals from the US administration.

Donald Trump declared that gold imports would not face additional tariffs, resolving market uncertainty triggered by a US Customs letter. The letter had suggested duties on standard gold bars, sparking concerns about disrupting global supply chains and causing a surge in gold prices.

The U.S.-Russia summit in Alaska is happening at a site where East meets West in a place familiar to both countries as a Cold War front line of missile defense, radar outposts and intelligence gathering.

Washington’s push to negotiate an end to the war has raised concerns the Trump administration will make concessions to Moscow that Kyiv finds unacceptable.

European leaders pushed on Sunday for Ukraine to be a part of the negotiations between the United States and Russia, ahead of talks between presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.