A meeting is to be held soon by US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and the Vice Prime Minister of China Liu Hugh, as well as a number of other representatives. The White House administration noted that Peter Navarro who participated in the talks in Beijing was not a team player. Because of that he is not a member of the delegation of negotiators this time around.
Despite some sharp statements by a North Korean news agency about the termination of negotiations, Donald Trump announced that it does not cause serious concerns about the upcoming summit between him and Kim Jong-un. The divergence of views on the disarmament provoked a sharp response from the Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Kye-gwan, who said that his government was "disgusted" with National Security Adviser John Bolt.
Oil prices continue to rise and the price of the Brent crude is very close to the mark of $80 per barrel.
