date:Dec 11, 2018
U.S.-China trade negotiations need to reach a successful end by March 1 or new tariffs will be imposed, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday, clarifying there is a hard deadline after a week of seeming confusion among President Donald Trump and his advisers.
Global markets are jittery about a collision between the worlds two largest economic powers over Chinas huge trade surplus with the United States and U.S. claims that China is stealing intellectual property and technol