South China Morning Post, citing an unnamed source briefed on the latest plans, reported on Monday that China Vice Premier Liu He could still travel to the United States for trade negotiations but shorten his trip or cancel it altogether,

In an earlier version of the report, the newspaper said Liu would go to the United States, albeit for a shorter that previously planned length of time. In its latest report, the SCMP said Liu could travel to Washington on Thursday and then leave the following day.

The report follows comments by U.S. President Trump that he would hike U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods this week.