U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened tariffs on up to $ 150 billion worth of Chinese goods to punish
Beijing over its joint - venture requirements and other policies Washington says force American companies to surrender their intellectual property to state - backed Chinese competitors.
Not exact matches
Ahead of the visit, he has done much to win
Beijing's favor, including rebuffing the US
over joint military exercises, downplaying an international - court ruling that rejected China's claims in the South China Sea, and criticizing US leadership.
The biggest step facilitating progress in Paris actually came just
over a year ago in
Beijing, when President Obama and President Xi Jinping of China unveiled a
joint package of pledges and plans on climate change after the countries had spent years locked in a «you first» standoff.