Chinese and American trade negotiators concluded their two-day meeting in Stockholm without a clear path forward to avert tariffs from skyrocketing back to ultra-high levels that formed an effective blockade on trade between the world’s two largest economies.

Trump’s take follows a round of high-level talks, which were expected to extend a pause on tariffs the two countries have put on each others’ goods.

China and the U.S. have agreed to continue their tariff pauses on each other, according to China's top trade official