CHINA/TRADE DEALS/TRADE WAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday [12-12-19] signed off on a trade deal with China that would delay a new round of tariffs that was to be put in place on Dec. 15, Bloomberg News reported. A source briefed on the trade talks told Reuters earlier on Thursday that the United States had reached a ‘deal in principle’ with Beijing to resolve a 17-month-old trade war and that an announcement was expected later on Thursday.”
–Tim Ahmann, “Trump signs off on tariff deal with China: Bloomberg News,” Reuters, December 12, 2019 1:53 pm