Chinese and U.S. trade officials have arrived for a second day of meetings in the Swedish capital Tuesday to try to break a logjam over tariffs that have skewed the pivotal commercial ties between the world’s two largest economies.

The two countries hope to extend the 90-day pause on triple-digit tariffs negotiated in Geneva in May.

The US and China have started a fresh round of talks as expectations grow that the world's two biggest economies could agree a 90-day extension to their trade war truce.