3/1/2019

CHINA/TARIFFS/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The U.S. and China are reportedly nearing a trade agreement that would result in the lifting of most of the sanctions imposed on Chinese goods last year. Beijing, too, would lower tariffs and other measures impacting U.S. imports, in a deal that is in its final stages of negotiations, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday [3-3-19]. Movement on the trade deal follows talks that took place in Washington last month, during which the two countries reached an agreement on currency manipulation. Those talks were fruitful enough that last week President Donald Trump said he would delay an increase in tariffs against China planned for March 1. Persons briefed on the matter told the Journal that both sides faced potential resistance from their home countries that the trade deal’s terms are weighed too heavily in the other’s favor. But an agreement could be reached at a meeting between Trump and Chinese President Xi Jingping expected to take place in late March at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago golf club in Florida, the Journal reported.”

Mike Snider, “US, China reportedly close to trade deal lifting most tariffs on Chinese goods,” USA Today, March 1, 2019 8:15 pm