WASHINGTON: US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will return to Beijing next week as the United States ...
WASHINGTON: US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will return to Beijing next week as the United States and China inch toward resolving their trade war, a senior administration official told AFP on Tuesday .
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday told reporters the talks were going"very well," reiterating the positive message of recent months. US and Chinese officials in recent weeks have alternated between projecting optimism and warning that they have much to do before reaching a final outcome.On Friday, China's rubber-stamp parliament approved a foreign investment law to strengthen protections for intellectual property - a central US grievance - but foreign businesses said they were not given enough time add input.
US officials are demanding far-reaching changes to Chinese industrial policy - including an end to massive state intervention in markets, subsidies and the alleged theft of American technology - and insist that any agreement must be enforceable.
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