By Kate Holton, Dan Burns and Andrea Shalal LONDON (Reuters) -Top U.S. and Chinese officials were meeting in London on Monday to try and defuse a high-stakes trade dispute that has widened from tariffs to restrictions over rare earths,

High-level delegations from the United States and China are meeting in London to try and shore up a fragile truce in a trade dispute that has roiled the global economy

U.S.-China trade talks in London this week are expected to take up a series of disputes that have buffeted relations.