Source: Wendy Wu, SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, 11/5/19


Beijing wants Washington to make a solid commitment towards removing tariffs, saying that without this move a visit to the US by President Xi Jinping would be politically difficult, according to a source familiar with internal government discussions. The two sides are trying to hammer out details of an initial agreement – described by US President Donald Trump as the “phase one” deal – to de-escalate the protracted trade war.

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