Senior U.S. and Chinese officials are poised to start another round of trade talks in Beijing next week to push for a deal to protect American intellectual property and avert a March 2 increase in U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, two people familiar with the plans said.

The sources said that the U.S. delegation - led by U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin - would begin arriving in Beijing over the weekend, following a break this week for Chinese New Year.