LONDON, June 9 (Reuters) - Top U.S. and Chinese officials will sit down in London on Monday for talks aimed at defusing the high-stakes trade dispute between the two superpowers that has widened in recent weeks beyond tit-for-tat tariffs to export controls over goods and components critical to global supply chains.

U.S. and Chinese delegations are in the U.K. for talks aimed at patching up a fraying truce in an ongoing trade war between the world’s two biggest economies. The U.S. team—led by Treasury Se

US stocks flipped between small gains and losses early on Monday as investors awaited the outcome of crucial trade talks between Washington and Beijing in London.