China’s Vice
Premier Liu He, head of the country’s negotiation team in Sino-U.S. trade
talks, will sign a “Phase 1” deal in Washington next week, the Commerce
Ministry said on Thursday.
Liu will visit
Washington on Jan. 13-15, said Gao Feng, spokesman for the commerce ministry.
Negotiating
teams from both sides remain in close communication on the particular
arrangements of the signing, Gao told reporters at a regular briefing.
U.S. President
Donald Trump said on Dec. 31 that the Phase 1 deal with China would be signed
on Jan. 15 at the White House. Trump also said he would sign the deal with
“high-level representatives of China”, and that he would later travel to
Beijing to begin talks on the next phase.
The Phase 1
deal reached last month is expected to cut tariffs and boost Chinese purchases
of U.S. farm, energy and manufactured goods while addressing some disputes over
intellectual property.
But no version
of the text has been made public, and Chinese officials have yet to publicly
commit to key points such as increasing imports of U.S. goods and services by
200 billion dollars over two years.
The United
States launched a trade war against Beijing a year and half ago over
allegations of unfair trade practices, such as theft of U.S. intellectual
property and subsidies that unfairly benefit Chinese state-owned companies.
(Reuters/NAN)
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