Chinanews.com, August 6th. Comprehensive foreign media reported that the White House and Congressional Democrats have entered the 10th day of negotiations on a new round of COVID-19 relief assistance. Both parties have made concessions, ushering in a glimmer of light for the negotiation. . However, on August 5, local time, White House officials said that if the two sides still did not reach an agreement by August 7, the negotiations are likely to stop.

Data map: South Lawn of the White House in Washington, USA.

The White House sets a deadline for reaching an agreement

　　On August 5, local time, White House Chief of Staff Meadows told reporters: "I very much doubt that if the agreement cannot be reached by Friday (August 7), we can still reach an agreement."

　　He said that August 7 is not necessarily the "deadline", but the closer to this date, his optimism will continue to weaken, and thereafter it will drop exponentially.

　　Senate Minority Leader Schumer responded to Meadows' speech after a day of negotiations between the two sides, saying that the Democrats will not be the ones who withdraw from the negotiations.

　　Schumer said: "We did not leave." "We will stay here until an agreement is reached. We urge Meadows to sit down and continue to work with us."

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The two sides made concessions and the negotiation of the bailout case made progress

　　However, foreign media said that the two sides have made concessions on their own.

　　The Trump administration proposed to extend the additional federal unemployment benefits to December, at $400 a week. They originally planned to extend the additional unemployment benefit of $600 by only one week.

　　The U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and Meadows also proposed to extend the federal government-supported deportation protection order to December, and to allocate an additional $200 billion in state and local allocations, but it is still far below the 1 trillion required by the Democrats Dollar.

　　The Democrats also made some concessions, cutting the originally requested funding for the U.S. Postal Service from 25 billion U.S. dollars to 10 billion U.S. dollars.

　　Spokespersons for Democratic leaders and White House officials did not immediately respond to these concessions. This is the initial progress made on some seemingly thorny issues since the discussion of the bailout case reached a deadlock last week.

　　Although there are signs of an agreement, the two parties still diverge on issues such as providing assistance to state and local governments, funding schools, providing assistance for food, rent, and mortgage payments.