Stanford’s Alan Sykes on the New U.S.-China Trade Agreement

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Jan 16 2020
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This Q&A with Stanford Law Professor Alan O. Sykes discusses key aspects of the much anticipated "Phase One" trade agreement with China signed on Jan 15 by President Trump. The U.S. will reduce some of its tariffs increases imposed over the last two years in return for concessions in "phase one" but retains the bulk of the tariffs as "negotiating leverage" for the future.