Tariff hike suspended; Lighthizer discusses progress made in trade talks
In a Federal Register Notice released this week, the Office of US Trade Representative (USTR) formally...
Liu He will visit the United States next week despite confusion about preparatory meeting
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will meet with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin next week from January 30 to 31, continuing the negotiations that began at the mid-level meetings from January 7 to 9. The high-level meeting will proceed according to plan despite reports that preparatory meetings were cancelled for this week. Few details are known about...
Internal work begins on US trade priorities for Trump-Xi meeting at G20
According to news reports, President Donald Trump’s phone call with President Xi Jinping on Thursday has prompted the administration to initiate an internal process of identifying potential terms of an agreement to address US trade concerns when the presidents meet after the G20 summit on December 1. The meeting was rescheduled from November 29 to upgrade it from discussions on the sidelines of the G20 to a “...
