China and the US still have some fundamental problems to resolve before they can reach a trade deal, observers say. Photo: AFP China and the US still have some fundamental problems to resolve before they can reach a trade deal, observers say. Photo: AFP
China and the US still have some fundamental problems to resolve before they can reach a trade deal, observers say. Photo: AFP
China /  Diplomacy

US-China interim trade deal hamstrung by fundamental differences, experts say

  • Two sides ‘not on the same page’ on issues such as the removal of tariffs, researcher says
  • Beijing will not buy agricultural goods it may not need ‘and definitely will not agree to it being written into a deal’, academic says

Topic |   US-China trade war
Amanda Lee
Amanda Lee

Updated: 11:59pm, 16 Nov, 2019

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China and the US still have some fundamental problems to resolve before they can reach a trade deal, observers say. Photo: AFP China and the US still have some fundamental problems to resolve before they can reach a trade deal, observers say. Photo: AFP
China and the US still have some fundamental problems to resolve before they can reach a trade deal, observers say. Photo: AFP
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