Chinese premier meets pro-Trump senator and calls for 'dialogue over confrontation'

Republican senator Steve Daines, a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, met Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Sunday, as China hopes to reach a deal to avert further tariff pressure from Washington. The meeting marks the first time a US politician has visited China since Trump took office in January. Earlier this month, China's ministry of foreign affairs promised that China will "fight to the end" with the US in a "tariff war, trade war or any other war". Daines, a Montana Republican, met Li with a group of seven American executives on Sunday, following an annual business summit…