The trade spat escalated earlier this month when Trump hiked tariffs on Chinese goods to a whopping 145%. China responded with 125% tariffs on U.S. goods and other countermeasures. “This is a game of chicken,” Yasheng Huang, professor of global economics and management at MIT, told ABC News.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins tells CNN’s Dana Bash that “we should have several [trade deals] this week that are coming forward that are very, very close.”