The Chinese commerce ministry said Thursday that existing U.S. tariffs would have to be removed if there is to be a trade deal between Beijing and Washington. The ministry said that trade teams from both countries are in communications. The presidents of the two countries agreed last weekend to relaunch trade talks that had stalled in May. To get the talks restarted, U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to not implement tariffs on about 300 billion U.S. dollars in additional Chinese imports. Here is a comment from the Chinese Commerce Ministry.