A Chinese delegation visited Washington last week ahead of expected high-level talks next month. Photo: AFP A Chinese delegation visited Washington last week ahead of expected high-level talks next month. Photo: AFP
A Chinese delegation visited Washington last week ahead of expected high-level talks next month. Photo: AFP
Economy /  China Economy

Donald Trump warned it’s ‘easier to negotiate nuclear weapons’ deals than trade pacts by former White House aide

  • Kenneth Lieberthal helped negotiate China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation and also helped defuse tensions after the Belgrade bombing in 1999
  • He joins other former negotiators in voicing concern over the chaotic approach adopted by the US president to reaching a deal to end the trade war with China

Topic |   US-China trade war
Finbarr Bermingham
Finbarr Bermingham

Updated: 9:19am, 25 Sep, 2019

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A Chinese delegation visited Washington last week ahead of expected high-level talks next month. Photo: AFP A Chinese delegation visited Washington last week ahead of expected high-level talks next month. Photo: AFP
A Chinese delegation visited Washington last week ahead of expected high-level talks next month. Photo: AFP
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