Washington — US President Donald Trump said on Monday he expected to sign a significant part of the trade deal with China ahead of schedule but did not elaborate on the timing.

“We are looking probably to be ahead of schedule to sign a very big portion of the China deal, we’ll call it ‘Phase One’ but it’s a very big portion,” he said before leaving on a visit to Chicago...

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