China continues to keep mum over the trade situation in general

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No details up on offer and no real confirmation by the Chinese side on how things are progressing. That hardly is surprising as this has been the case time and time again as far as US-China trade talks are concerned.

As mentioned earlier, there is still good reason to believe that both sides can sign off on the deal in the coming weeks but the lack of enthusiasm from China is a subtle reminder that nothing is ever agreed until everything is agreed.