WASHINGTON: The gathering of world finance ministers began with heightened anxiety about the potential damage a US-China trade war could do to the economic recovery but ended Saturday with a door open to negotiations.

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, who has been urging countries to avoid damaging protectionism, said this weekend’s spring meeting had “made progress towards dialogue.”

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