After months of trade tariffs against one another, there’s finally a glimmer of hope.
China and the United States closed a so-called “phase one deal” to ease the tensions. The announcement came after two days of talks in Washington.
CGTN’s Owen Fairclough reports from the White House.
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To discuss all of this:
- Yan Liang is an associate professor of economics at Willamette University.
- Jeff Moon is an International trade and US Government Affairs Consultant.
- Saruhan Hatipoglu is a CGTN Global Economics Analyst.
- Zhao Hai is a research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
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China's Vice Premiere Liu He speaking to U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House: "We have made substantial progress in many fields and we are happy about that. We will continue to make progress."
— CGTN America (@cgtnamerica) October 11, 2019
BREAKING: U.S. suspends tariff hike on $250B in Chinese imports that was set to take effect Tuesday, and China agrees to buy $40-50B in U.S. farm products, in a sign of progress in the countries’ long-running trade war. https://t.co/VSKtblkOOR
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 11, 2019
First thoughts on US/China #tradedeal
1. It’s more substantive than predicted
2. But it hasn’t been written
3. Agricultural purchases # seem high I presume this will spread over multiple years
4. IP – are current China reforms enough for the US?
5. Financial and currency big.— nathanking (@nathanking) October 11, 2019