Key Takeaways Negotiations between the U.S. and China continued into a second day Tuesday.The two sides seek to lower trade barriers they've imposed on one another in tit-for-tat fashion in recent months.

Good morning. The trade chat between the US and China is going “really, really well” as the sides press ahead. Chinese solar firms ask regulators to aid the ailing industry. And Hilton’s Hampton Inn brand is expanding in Asia.

A Beijing auction house sold a human-sized Labubu figure for 1.08 million yuan ($150,275.51) on Tuesday, setting a new record for the "blind box" toy as it moves from craze to collectible.