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Lighthizer doesn’t rule out lifting China tariffs before Beijing reforms

By Sean Higgins
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Lighthizer doesn’t rule out lifting China tariffs before Beijing reforms

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer declined Tuesday to rule out the possibility that the Trump administration may lift tariffs against China before it has verified that Beijing has agreed to all of its obligations under any trade deal.

Lighthizer said that the White House was intent on a deal that was enforceable but declined repeatedly to say that the administration would only agree to a deal in which China would act first before the tariffs were removed.

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