China and the US wrapped up a first day of complex textile talks seen as a last-ditch effort to strike a deal before a US visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao.

"Since President Hu Jintao is soon going to the United States, there should be even greater hope that an agreement can be reached," the China Business News said Tuesday, paraphrasing what it said was a common view among local analysts.

A foreign observer said it was probably "very much" the intention of the two delegations to seek to remove the immediate irritant of the textile dispute before Hu departs for the United States, Canada and Mexico on September 5.