Two former USTR negotiators join to explain the details of the new US-China trade agreement. Agriculture negotiator Darci Vetter (Edelman, 3:50) describes China’s new commitments toward US farm products, and foreign investment negotiator Lauren Mandell (WilmerHale, 18:30) explains changes to China’s legal system, protection of intellectual property, as well as the agreement’s dispute settlement provisions. Finally, we get the reaction of the business community (33:00) before Simon Rabinovitch (The Economist, 37:15) joins to provide the perspective from China.

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• Soumaya Keynes. 2020. The new US-China trade deal marks an uneasy truce. The Economist, January 16.
• Soumaya Keynes. 2020. Free Exchange: The costs of America’s lurch towards managed trade. The Economist, January 25.
• Chad P. Bown. 2020. Unappreciated Hazards of the US-China Phase One Deal. PIIE Trade and Investment Policy Watch, January 21.
• Economic and Trade Agreement Between the Government of the United States and the Government of the People’s Republic of China. January 15, 2020.