"We don't care about sales to the United States," says Hu Tianqiang as one of his toy fighter jets flies past our heads. It's hard to hear him above the buzzing toy planes and miniature drones, an almost rhythmic backdrop to the cacophony of toys that surround him,

After weeks of escalating tariffs, standoffs, and combative rhetoric, Chinese officials have signaled a willingness to start trade talks with the Trump administration — but only if the U.S. is ready to show it’s ready to take things seriously.