"Every museum should have the power to secure landmark works of art but in today's challenging funding climate they simply cannot compete with the prices demanded on the open market."
This showed that during face-to-face talks Washington and Beijing can reach agreements.But as the rhetoric is once again ratcheting up, the fragility of the current truce has been highlighted and gives an indication of just how challenging it may be to reach a longer-term trade deal.
Although the fresh accusations may suggest that talks between Washington and Beijing are not going well,Treasury Secretary Bessent told CBS News, the BBC's US news partner, that details of the trade will be "ironed out" once Xi and Trump speak, but he did not say exactly when that conversation is expected to happen.National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told ABC News that the two leaders are expected to talk this week and "both sides have expressed a willingness to talk".
"The bottom line is that we've got to be ready in case things don't happen the way we want," Hassett said of the expected talks.But the Chinese side prefers agreements to be done at a lower level first before they reach the desk of the president.
Last week, Trump announced the US would double its current tariffs on steel and aluminium from 25% to 50%, starting on Wednesday.
Speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Friday, Trump said the move would help boost the local steel industry and national supply, while reducing reliance on China.When the cinema opens, it will show a programme of films missed during the venue's almost three year closure.
Lowden, whose film credits include Dunkirk and the upcoming Tornado, said the reopened cinema would provide a lift to Scotland's film-makers and storytellers."Filmhouse is a place utterly dedicated to the promotion and celebration of independent cinema," he said.
"To have such a place on the streets of our capital providing the platform to give our world-class film-makers and storytellers the lift-off they need, and continue to ask the big questions of ourselves through cinema, is exciting and vital."Moves to reopen the cinema began when the building's owners, Caledonian Heritable, agreed to lease the building back as a modern cinema space for a minimum period of 25 years, with a new lease being signed in July 2024.