BEIJING: The United States and China open the latest round of their trade talks Thursday as the economic superpowers edge towards a deal to ...
BEIJING: The United States and China open the latest round of their trade talks Thursday as the economic superpowers edge towards a deal to resolve a months-long spat that has rattled the global economy.
But Lighthizer sought to play down expectations ahead of the meeting in Beijing, which is due to be followed by more talks in Washington in early April. "The kinds of things that we're asking for are not anti-Chinese at all," Lighthizer said on NPR."Protection of intellectual property is not anti-Chinese. Stopping people from forcing transfer of technology is not anti-Chinese.
"I suspect this is one of the areas China is pushing back on, it remains a core of the negotiations," Parker said. Foreign tech companies have also long been locked out of China's market with many services such as Google, Facebook and Amazon blocked or facing restrictions.
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