Despite the consensus on enforcement, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said significant hurdles in the trade talks still needed to be cleared. Photo: EPA-EFE Despite the consensus on enforcement, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said significant hurdles in the trade talks still needed to be cleared. Photo: EPA-EFE
Despite the consensus on enforcement, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said significant hurdles in the trade talks still needed to be cleared. Photo: EPA-EFE
China /  Diplomacy

US and China reach deal on enforcement mechanism for possible pact to end trade war, US trade chief Robert Lighthizer tells Congress

  • Mechanism ostensibly answers a US concern that any agreement to end the trade war be specific, measurable and enforceable at all levels of Chinese government
  • US-China tensions have eased since US President Donald Trump said he would delay plans to raise tariffs on US$200 billion in Chinese goods

Topic |   US-China trade war
Owen Churchill
Owen Churchill

Updated: 3:03pm, 28 Feb, 2019

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Despite the consensus on enforcement, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said significant hurdles in the trade talks still needed to be cleared. Photo: EPA-EFE Despite the consensus on enforcement, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said significant hurdles in the trade talks still needed to be cleared. Photo: EPA-EFE
Despite the consensus on enforcement, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said significant hurdles in the trade talks still needed to be cleared. Photo: EPA-EFE
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