Deal or No Deal, US-China Trade Talks May End in Weeks: Lighthizer

Deal or No Deal, US-China Trade Talks May End in Weeks: Lighthizer
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testifies before House Ways and Means Committee hearing on "U.S.-China Trade” on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. on Feb. 27, 2019. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—The United States and China may be in the final weeks of discussions to hammer out a deal to ease their tit-for-tat tariffs dispute, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on March 12.

Washington and Beijing have slapped import duties on each other’s products that have cost the world’s two largest economies billions of dollars, roiled markets and disrupted manufacturing and supply chains.