China: "New talks with the US tomorrow". Progress in duty negotiations

2019-10-31T07:03:34.048Z

China and the USA will have new talks on the trade dossier tomorrow, amid the uncertainties linked to Chile's cancellation of the Apec on November 16-17 due to ongoing violent protests: presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump should have met in Santiago in view of the possible mini-agreement under discussion. "The teams of the two sides have continued to maintain close communications and the negotiations are currently progressing smoothly," the Beijing Ministry of Commerce reported in a statement. "The parties will continue to push forward negotiations and the other work in line with the original plans," the statement said, according to which the leaders of the delegations will have a new telephone interview tomorrow, one week after the last. The White House said yesterday that Trump still hopes to sign the agreement with Xi in the coming weeks, in what has been called the 'phase 1' of the trade dossier, the first stage of a still long journey to close the party clash 18 months ago on duty charges. The expectations, up until the cancellation of the APEC announced yesterday by President Sebastian Pinera, were that Xi and Trump would be found in Santiago. With the US presidential elections of 2020 just around the corner and with Trump under pressure for the impeachment procedure being held in Congress, the American chief negotiators focused on being able to define the contours of a partial agreement, but to put it on paper. .