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The U.S. could convince China to eliminate tariffs on U.S. agricultural goods if it revoked at least some of the tariffs it imposed in September on roughly $112 billion worth of Chinese goods, analysts say.

NEW YORK -- White House trade adviser Peter Navarro and former USTR General Counsel Stephen Vaughn this week said the U.S. was open to working with other countries to rein in Chinese trade behavior, but contended that multilateral efforts have often proven too slow and inefficient and questioned whether some key allies would be helpful in confronting Beijing.

Xi says China will speed up negotiations with the EU, South Korea, Japan and the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) “wouldn’t be opposed” to an arrangement tying a vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to the passage of another piece of legislation.

Taiwan, Mexico, the European Union and Vietnam are exporting more to the U.S. in 2019, the UNCTAD paper says.

The publication of regulations crafted to implement a May executive order on protecting the U.S. information and communications technology supply chain is being delayed in part because of ongoing trade negotiations between the U.S. and China, according to industry sources.

The World Trade Organization on Friday determined China can retaliate against $3.579 billion in annual trade with the U.S. because the Commerce Department failed to comply with a ruling that faulted its use of certain methodologies in calculating antidumping duties -- including the controversial methodology known as “zeroing.”

The first phase of a trade agreement between the U.S. and China will amount to 60 percent of a projected larger deal, President Trump said on Thursday, adding that the location of the signing of the initial agreement will be announced soon.