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The White House’s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow says the U.S. and China trade deal is in “fine shape.” He notes that China is continuing to buy U.S. goods, particularly commodities, under the Phase One trade deal with the U.S. Reuters sa ...

The U.S. and China are still trying to put the final touches on a limited trade agreement that will involve Chinese purchases of U.S. ag commodities. The question appears to be just how much those purchases will amount to. A CNBC report says the two sides appear to be stuck in a stalemate, even though they announced a tentative agreement a month ago...

Larry Kudlow, director of the National Economic Council, put a damper on the prospect of the U.S. and China wrapping up trade talks in the next few weeks.  Kudlow is normally upbeat, but he threw out a bunch of caution last week by saying it may take a few months yet for President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to meet and finalize an agreement to end the trade war.  ...

China and the U.S. have reached a tentative agreement on enforcement of a potential trade agreement between the two nations.  White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Friday the mechanism blocks Beijing from retaliating if the U.S. imp...

A CNBC report says the White House turned down a planning meeting with China over disagreements on enforcing intellectual property rules.  U.S. Trade Representative officials were set to meet with two Chinese Vice Ministers to try to help resolve trade differences before a March 1st deadline.  A sourc...

The long-awaited meeting between President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping this weekend brings hope of eased trade tensions between the two nations.  The two leaders will meet on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Argentina Saturday as agriculture, and other sectors hope the two reach a ”ceasefire” in the tit-for-tat tariff war.  Bloomberg News reports su...

We saw conflicting reports last week on a trade breakthrough between the U.S. and China.  That has not impacted planned talks between the two nations’ leaders this month in Argentina.  President Trump’s National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow contradicted a report by Bloomberg that Trump asked officials to draw up terms of a China trade deal, after a lengthy phone call with China’s Preside

President Trump is tentatively scheduled to meet with Chinese President Xi during the  G20 summit next month.  The two are expected to discuss the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China.  White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow told Bloomberg News that U.S. goals are on the tabl...

According to the AP, President Trump and Chinese President XI Jinping may meet during the G-20 summit in Argentina scheduled for late November.  China said it is in contact with the U.S. amid reports of the upcoming meeting.  A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman offered no specifics but did say he’d seen the relevant reports.   Trump’s top econ...

The Trans-Pacific Partnership continues to move forward without the United States.  Mexico last week ratified the new TPP agreement, now called the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.  Mexico’s Senate voted 73-24 to approve the agreement which will go into effect when six of the 11 nations approve the deal.   In early April P...