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nowwhat, also on Friday news indicates that China will be buying more US goods

China Offers a Path to Eliminate U.S. Trade Imbalance, Sources Say
Bloomberg News

January 18, 2019, 10:19 AM EST Updated on January 18, 2019, 1:47 PM ES

China has offered to go on a six-year buying spree to ramp up imports from the U.S., in a move that would reconfigure the relationship between the world’s two largest economies, according to officials familiar with the negotiations.

By increasing goods imports from the U.S. by a combined value of more than $1 trillion over that period, China would seek to reduce its trade surplus -- which last year stood at $323 billion -- to zero by 2024, one of the people said. The officials asked not to be named as the discussions aren’t public.

(question is........who were these officials....Chinese? US?....)

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-18/china-is-said-to-offer-path-to-eliminate-u-s-trade-imbalance


Below link covers the series of news items that WSJ and other news sources released on US-China talks

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/18/reuters-america-update-3-china-offers-to-ramp-up-u-s-imports-bloomberg.html