Bloomberg reporters unpack the latest round of high-stakes trade talks between the US and China, exploring why Beijing may still have the upper hand. They answer your questions on what's next in the "done" deal.

High-level delegations from the United States and China are meeting in London to try and shore up a fragile truce in a trade dispute that has roiled the global economy.

China was still closed and outside of the trading system. The largest developing country with manufacturing exports was Taiwan. When China joined the United Nations in October 1971, Taiwan was no longer listed in the reports on world trade in manufacturers.