- Title: U.S. foreign policy under Trump's administration in 2019.
- Date: 18th December 2019
- Summary: China and the United States have agreed in the past two weeks to cancel tariffs imposed during their months-long trade war in phases, the Chinese commerce ministry said on Thursday (November 7). China and the United States should simultaneously cancel tariffs on each other's goods if a "phase one" trade deal is reached, the ministry's spokesman Gao Feng told reporters at a regular briefing in Beijing. The tariff cancellation is an important condition for there to be any agreement, Gao said. BEIJING, CHINA (FILE - NOVEMBER 7, 2019) (REUTERS) CHINESE COMMERCE MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, GAO FENG, ARRIVING FOR REGULAR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE COMMERCE MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, GAO FENG, SAYING: "For the past two weeks leaders from both sides had serious and constructive discussions on the proper resolution of each other's core concerns and agreed, according the agreement's progress, to cancel tariffs in phases."
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- Keywords: China Trump U.S. President Donald Trump Xi Jingpin markets tariffs trade trade war
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- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA016BAJ0EH3
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: FOREIGN POLICY 2019 CONTINUES IN EDITS:
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