Lighthizer and a small team will be in Shanghai through Wednesday, according to people familiar with the plans who asked not to be identified. The meeting will involve a broad discussion of the issues outstanding and isn’t expected to yield major breakthroughs, a senior administration official said.
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China Imports Tumbled in May, Holding Up Trade Deal With China Ahead of G-20
Gold Silver Reports ✔ – President Donald Trump – It’s me right now that’s holding up the deal,” Trump said at the White House before he left on a trip to Iowa. “And we’re going to either do a great deal with China or we’re not going to do a deal at all.”
Trump – Attack Via Tweets Comes Week Before Fed Meets on Policy
Gold Silver Reports (GSR) – “The Fed interest rate way too high, added to ridiculous quantitative tightening! They don’t have a clue!” Trump said on Twitter, renewing his complaints about the U.S. central bank a week before it meets in Washington to discuss monetary policy.
As Oil Plunges, the Real OPEC Meeting Will Be at Next Week’s G20 – Money Market Guru
For the oil market, it looks like the real OPEC meeting will come a week ahead of schedule.
The cartel is set to meet on Dec. 6 in Vienna, but days earlier the key decision makers are set to gather on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires in a meeting that may well decide the direction of oil prices in 2019.
China Tells State-Owned Giants to Halt Iran Oil Buying
China’s government has told at least two of its state oil companies to avoid purchasing Iranian oil as the U.S. prepares to impose sanctions on the Persian Gulf state, according to people with knowledge of the matter.