U.S. and Chinese officials meet in London for high-stakes trade talks

Open this photo in gallery: Officials from the U.S. and China are meeting in the ornate Lancaster House, run by the U.K. Foreign Office, following a first round of talks in Geneva last month.PEDRO PARDO/AFP/Getty Images Top U.S. and Chinese officials were meeting in London on Monday to try to defuse a high-stakes trade dispute that has widened beyond tit-for-tat tariffs to restrictions over rare earths, threatening to cripple supply chains and slow global growth. Officials from the two superpowers were meeting at the ornate Lancaster House to try to get back on track with a preliminary agreement struck last…