FRANKFURT, May 14 (Reuters) - Hapag-Lloyd ( HLAGF ) is

seeing higher demand for freight traffic between the United

States and China this week, CEO Rolf Habben Jansen told Reuters

on Wednesday, following a detente in the countries' trade row.

Asked about Washington and Beijing's tariff truce announced

earlier this week, Habben Jansen said, "I expect that there will

be additional volume between China and the U.S. That is what we

have already seen in the last few days."

"It remains to be seen how long this will take and whether

demand will become even stronger," he added.

The German shipping company saw a 50% increase in bookings

for U.S.-China traffic week on week in the first few days of the

week, according to the CEO.