Alibaba’s pitch to US small businesses comes as the company faces lean e-commerce revenue growth, which has been further threatened by the US-China trade spat and a growing number of rivals such as recently listed Pinduoduo Inc. Alibaba, which does not sell the inventory of its own, hopes to attract local US businesses as their marketplace platform of choice by offering small- and medium-sized businesses global selling power.

Another reason supporting the renewed optimism is the belief that a trade deal between China and the United States is imminent, after a long drawn-out trade spat.

US aircraft maker Boeing Co often finds itself at the center of any trade spat between the US and China.

"Experts following the US' escalating trade spat with Europe and beyond are not surprised by Harley-Davidson's action.

Pandas also produce about 50 kg of food waste daily as the bears spit out bamboo after chewing it or simply leave it uneaten.

Lin Zhijie, a civil aviation industry analyst and columnist at Carnoc, a Chinese civil aviation website, said that while the flight volume remains far below pre-COVID-19 pandemic numbers, the uptick marks a further easing of the air-service spat between the world's two biggest economies over recent months.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened Saturday to pull the company's factory and headquarters out of California in an escalating spat with local officials who have stopped the company from reopening its electric vehicle factory.

The Silicon Valley company has weathered a challenging few months, marked by a sharp drop in the number of vehicles delivered to global customers during the quarter and a public spat between Musk and financial regulators.

In addition to Indiana, Chinese investments are still being made in other US states despite a drop in overall Chinese investment in the country – from $46.5 billion in 2016 to $29.7 billion in 2017– and the current trade spat between the two countries.

"So it's not just a spat between Douyin and WeChat.

If resumed as reported, it would be the fifth round of talks since early this year between the world's top two economies, which are embroiled in a spat intensified by a fresh round of tariff threats from the US, following penalizing duties it started to impose on $34 billion worth of Chinese imports on July 6.

With the currency spat subduing, economists said the chance of a trade war between the world's two largest economies will be slim at most.