"The second phase will begin almost immediately," after signing the first, reports CNBC with reference to the president, who met at the White House with Vice Premier of the Chinese State Council Liu He.

Earlier, Bloomberg, citing a source, said that the United States and China were able to come to a partial agreement that would allow a truce in the trade war and lay the foundation for a new, broader deal.

The expert at the RISI Center for Economic Research, Vyacheslav Kholodkov, in an interview with the FBA “Economics Today” evaluated the relations between the USA and China.