(Chinatopix Via AP)WASHINGTON, DC – The United States and China reached a trade deal Wednesday that eases tensions between the world’s two biggest economies, offers massive export opportunities for U.S. farms and factories, and promises to do more to protect American trade secrets.
Trump promoted the trade signing as a way of delivering economic justice for American workers he claims have been betrayed by past administrations and their trade policies.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping said in a letter to Trump that the first-phase deal was “good for China, for the U.S. and for the whole world."
That was the concern voiced when Trump sparked a trade war by imposing tariffs on Chinese imports in July 2018.
The 86-page agreement makes it easier to bring criminal cases in China against those accused of stealing trade secrets.