US, China Sign 'Phase One' Trade Deal
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The ‘giant hole’ in Trump’s new China deal
The China trade deal President Donald Trump is hailing as a major win fails to address some of Beijing’s most egregious practices — the issues that sparked the trade war in the first place.
Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed the agreement during a White House ceremony Wednesday after nearly two years of escalating trade tensions that saw both sides ratchet up tariffs on hundreds of billions' worth of each other’s goods.
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Phase One Trade Deal: China Pledges To Buy Ambitious $50 Billion In US Energy Exports
The Phase One trade deal between the United States and China is expected to be signed today, January 15. Details have not yet emerged, but certain pledges have been announced by both sides since a preliminary agreement was reached on December 13. Among them, the United States will begin to dial back tariffs and withdraw its “currency manipulator” designation – a major source of tension – in exchange for PRC guarantees to purchase a $200 billion bundle in US goods and services over the next two years. Included in this...
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Donald Trump and China sign historic first phase of new trade deal
President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed an initial trade deal on Wednesday that will roll back some tariffs and see China boost purchases of US goods and services, defusing an 18-month conflict between the world’s two largest economies.
“This is a very important and remarkable occasion. Today, we take a momentous step, one that has never been taken before with China, toward a future with a fair and reciprocal trade as we sign Phase 1 of the historic trade deal between the United States and China,” the...
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