Communications taking place at all levels of government with China, US's Kudlow says

The White House's top economic adviser reiterated on Tuesday that trade talks with the People's Republic of China were ongoing.

In remarks made to Fox News, the Director of the National Economic Council, Larry Kudlow, said that "very detailed communications" were taking place at all levels of government.

Kudlow also weighed-in on the meaning behind recent upbeat remarks from the US President on the outlook for those talks, saying that Donald Trump was trying to "inject a note of optimism [...] He believes that China would like to have a deal."

"You are not going to get a deal unless it suits American interests."