Xi Jinping’s colleagues rejected an ‘unequal’ trade deal

To understand why China went ahead anyway, we must go back to late April, when Chinese President Xi Jinping’s schedule was packed with events in and around Beijing. Chinese Vice Premier Liu He listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office a little more than a month ago, when a trade deal appeared to be around the corner. Not even two years ago, U.S. President Donald Trump was patting Chinese President Xi Jinping on the back.

Source: asia.nikkei.com