Trump “Signs 15th US-China trade negotiations” 15:29 on January 1
US President Trump has announced that he will sign a formal letter in Washington this month on the US-China trade negotiations that reached the first-stage agreement. After that, he will clarify his intention to visit Beijing at a later date to start the second stage of negotiations, and it will be noted whether this will ease the conflict between the two countries.
In the middle of last month, the U.S. and Chinese governments announced that they reached a first-stage agreement on trade negotiations, including China's purchase of large quantities of American agricultural products and efforts to protect intellectual property rights. .
On Tuesday, President Trump wrote to Twitter "signing a very large and comprehensive first-stage agreement with China on January 15" and officially wrote the White House on this month. Announced to sign.
A high-level delegation from China will attend the signing ceremony.
President Trump then stated his intention to visit Beijing at a later date to begin the second phase of negotiations.
It is noteworthy that a visit to China would be possible since November 2017, which will ease the conflict between the two countries.
In the meantime, President Trump, who holds the presidential election in November, seems to be aiming to appeal to domestic farmers and others who are the support base that trade negotiations are progressing.
However, the United States views the protection of the Chinese government's state-owned enterprises as an issue, and the issues surrounding Hong Kong and Uyghurs have remained critical of China, and the prospect of improving relations remains unclear.