White House backing off demand for written commitments on China trade deal enforcement, Grassley says

Republican Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa said Tuesday that the Trump administration had shifted its stance on enforcement of the China trade deal and was putting less emphasis on Beijing making structural changes to its laws.

Asked if the White House had moved away from written commitments in the “phase one” trade deal reached Friday with Beijing, Grassley told the Washington Examiner, “Not on the substance of the particular points but on enforcement, I think, yes.”