US Says March 1 ‘Hard Deadline’ for Trade Deal With China

US Says March 1 ‘Hard Deadline’ for Trade Deal With China
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer speaks during a Cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Oct. 17, 2018 in Washington DC. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—Unless U.S.-China trade talks wrap up successfully by March 1, new tariffs will be imposed, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Dec. 9, clarifying there is a “hard deadline.”

Global markets are jittery about a collision between the world’s two largest economic powers over China’s huge trade surplus with the United States and U.S. claims that China is stealing intellectual property and technology.