BEIJING, May 6 — China Vice Premier Liu He could still travel to the United States for trade negotiations but shorten his trip or cancel it altogether, South China Morning Post reported today, citing an unnamed source briefed on the latest plans.

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. It did not mention the prospect of cancelling the trip.

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 US President Donald Trump yesterday that he would hike US tariffs on US$200 billion (RM829.7 billion) worth of Chinese goods this week and target hundreds of billions more soon. — Reuters