China backtracked with extensive last-minute edits to trade deal with US

Published May 8, 2019 11:50am ET



Chinese trade negotiators reportedly removed numerous pledges they had previously agreed from a draft of the proposed trade deal sent to U.S. officials Friday.

The reversals included sections meant to address theft of U.S. intellectual property and trade secrets, coercion of U.S. companies to give up their technology, and currency manipulation, among other provisions, according a Reuters report.

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