Trump and Xi Are Struggling to Find Path Forward in Trade Talks
- The teams are at odds over whether to pick up talks from May
- Both sides have different views on what was promised in Osaka
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Slow progress and disagreement on key initial demands from Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is raising doubts about whether the U.S. and China will actually return to the negotiating table to overcome their much deeper differences.
Trump complained again this week that China wasn’t buying the large volumes of U.S. agricultural goods that he claims Xi promised to purchase. Meanwhile, there’s been no change in how the U.S. treats telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co., a key demand of China.
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Trump and Xi Are Struggling to Find Path Forward in Trade Talks