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Opinion: Despite New Approach, Thorniest Issues Will Decide if Trade Deal Lives or Dies

2019年10月14日 19:56

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Despite positive noises from Beijing and Washington, failure to agree on the thorniest issues could still scuttle any final agreement

It’s the golden rule of trade talks: Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed.

You may have settled nine points of a 10-point agreement, but until you deliver the most difficult one things can always backtrack — with parties pressing for further concessions on the previous points in order to secure the last.

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