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China's lead negotiator puts 'trade balance' at top of agenda as Trump flirts with idea of 'interim deal'

From scmp.com

China’s top trade negotiator, Vice-Premier Liu He, has named the top items on the agenda for talks in Washington next month as the US-China “trade balance, market entry and investor protection”. The comments suggest that China will steer talks clear of more challenging issues such as structural reform and security issues, focusing instead on less deep-rooted issues such as purchases of American agricultural goods. Liu, the top economic aide to President Xi Jinping, made the comments in Beijing on Thursday during a meeting with Evan Greenberg, president of the US-China Business Council, a lobby group, according ... (full story)

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