Hello and welcome to The Intelligence on Economist Radio.

I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

There's a presidential election in El Salvador on Sunday.

Leading the polls is the capital's former mayor,

a young candidate with serious social media savvy.

He might just be the country's first millennial president,

but his policy plans aren't so clear.

And there's quite a big diamond up for auction in Angola today.

It's not the country's biggest ever, but it is a massive sign of change.

First up, in the midst of a trade war between the world's two largest economies, peace talks.

Representatives from the U.S. and China are meeting in Washington this week after a year

of escalating tensions.

America has imposed tariffs on $250 billion worth of Chinese goods, alongside rhetoric about trade

surpluses and intellectual property theft.

It is the largest deficit of any country in the history of our world.

It's out of control.

The Chinese government has responded with tariffs of its own.

The American side of this week's talks is led by Robert Lightheiser, the U.S. trade representative.

He'll be sitting down with Liu He, China's

vice premier, who is also expected to meet with Mr. Trump today. The clock is ticking. If no

agreement is reached by March 1st, the Trump administration has promised to ratchet up most of those

new tariffs from 10% to 25%. The discussions have been complicated by charges brought this week by American officials over

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