China's Liu He to sign Phase 1 trade deal in U.S. this week - SCMP

[December 30, 2019]  (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will visit Washington this week to sign a Phase 1 trade deal with the United States, the South China Morning Post reported on Monday.

"Washington has sent an invitation and Beijing has accepted it," the SCMP quoted a source as saying.

It said the delegation was likely to stay in the United States for a few days, until the middle of next week.

(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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