Beijing's top trade official says China and the United States have agreed to work on extending a deadline for new tariffs on each other after two days of trade talks in Stockholm.

U.S. and Chinese officials finished two days of talks in Stockholm on Tuesday that were aimed at tackling longstanding economic disputes and stepping back from an escalating trade war between the world's two biggest economies.

In response to questions on recent China-US trade talks in Sweden, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) spokesperson He Yadong said on Thursday that the two sides held candid, in-depth, and constructive discussions in Stockholm from July 28 to 29 on trade relations and macroeconomic policy issues of mutual concern.