Pres. Trump signs partial trade deal with China, calling it a “momentous step.”
to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate and name the impeachment managers for the trial. Following Pelosi's announcement, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters on Tuesday that arguments in the trial are"likely to begin" next week.
In an off camera briefing with reporters ahead of the signing, the top U.S. negotiator Robert Lighthizer expressed confidence that the Chinese are serious about implementing the agreement and that it will ultimately be effective in curbing China’s forced technology transfer practice. "A lot of it is going to depend on whether China is promising to do things they haven’t done before and there’s no way to know that until we’ve seen the text," Hillman said."It’s not clear how much of what China is promising is anything beyond what they’ve already promised in the past. We just don’t know."as a boon for U.S. farmers, who have been particularly hard hit in the trade war. The president said last month that China has agreed to ramp up U.S.
President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, hold a trade agreement between the U.S. and China during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 15, 2020.Hillman said the asymmetry in having Trump alongside a lower-ranking official of a foreign government, rather than a head of state, is an odd contrast.
And even as the United States and China are set to celebrate a step toward de-escalation, the trade war is not yet over and a level of uncertainty persists for consumers, farmers and manufacturers alike who have paid the price for the tit-for-tat tariffs between the two nations.A round of U.S. tariffs, scheduled to take effect last month, was halted as a result of the agreement.
"These tariffs will stay in place until there’s a phase two. If the president gets a phase two quickly, he’ll consider releasing tariffs as part of phase two. If not, there won’t be any tariff relief," Mnuchin said."It has nothing to do with the election or anything else. There are no secret agreements."
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