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The sticking point between the world’s two largest economies illustrates a core challenge in ending their seven-month trade war: Ensuring China’s pledges will translate into concrete action. In four days of talks this week in Beijing, progress has been difficult on U.S. demands for structural reforms, according to one of the sources briefed on the talks. In addition to curbs on state subsidies, U.S. negotiators are seeking measures to end the forced transfer of U.S. technology to Chinese firms and cyber theft of American trade secrets.

Spokespersons for the U.S, Trade Representative’s office and the U.S, Treasury did not immediately respond on Thursday to requests for comment about the talks, China’s Commerce Ministry did not respond to a faxed request for comment, The latest round of negotiations are boston transit token cufflinks, without bezel expected to conclude on Friday with a meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and the top two U.S, negotiators, U.S, Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, If the two sides cannot reach a deal by March 1, U.S, tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods are scheduled to rise to 25 percent from 10 percent..

Curbing China’s state subsidies is a priority in the trade talks for U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, who has warned that America will have a sharply diminished economic future if China is allowed to continue its industrial policies and supplant U.S. dominance in high-technology industries. Since China joined the WTO in 2001 it has failed in its obligations to report state subsidies, another of the sources briefed on recent trade talks said. “What they offered to do was to actually take it seriously,” the source said of China’s recent promise to comply with those WTO requirements.

U.S, negotiators remain unconvinced, the source said, “The Chinese are looking for ways to check the box and say, ‘We are addressing your subsidy and boston transit token cufflinks, without bezel industrial policy questions,’ without changing their system,” the person added, A Chinese source briefed on the talks said that a general commitment by Beijing to make its subsidies WTO compliant was one feasible outcome of talks, But China does not keep a complete tally of all of its subsidies, the person said, making it unlikely that Chinese officials would agree to disclose a full list..

The United States and other Western economies have long complained to the WTO about China’s lack of transparency on industrial subsidies, which they contend give Chinese companies an unfair advantage and lead to overproduction of goods that are dumped into world markets. The government finances companies in many ways, including state-directed lending, direct investments, tax breaks and local government incentives. The United States, Japan and the European Union last year proposed that the WTO crack down on countries that fail to report subsidies that give domestic firms an advantage, a move that has gained followers including Argentina.

HONG KONG/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd is in talks with Germany’s Metro about taking a stake in the German wholesaler’s China operations, three sources told Reuters on Thursday, Metro and Alibaba declined to comment, The talks boston transit token cufflinks, without bezel are at an early stage and could still fall apart, the sources said, Alibaba’s interest comes after rival Tencent last year signed a partnership deal with France’s Carrefour, U.S.-listed Alibaba, which runs consumer-facing online shopping platforms Taobao and TMall and food delivery app Ele.me, is looking to develop a business-focused retail strategy, said one of the sources, Teaming up with a wholesaler like Metro could also bring synergy to its fresh produce units Hema and Yiguo, the source added..

Any deal would add to the HK$22.4 billion ($2.87 billion) Alibaba spent in 2017 on a major stake in China’s top hypermart operator, Sun Art Retail Group Ltd, as part of a push to build big-data capabilities in the offline retail market. For its part, Metro was once a sprawling retail conglomerate but has been restructuring in recent years to focus on its core cash-and-carry business, selling Kaufhof department stores and then splitting from consumer electronics group Ceconomy. It is also trying to offload its loss-making Real hypermarkets chain, saying on Tuesday that the sale is progressing.

Metro shares, which have gained 16 percent this year on speculation of a possible bid for the company and news on divestments, were up 0.6 percent after the Reuters report, “Initial excitement about a bid premium will soon be replaced by worries about hollowing out the business and removing one of the few paths for sustainable boston transit token cufflinks, without bezel growth,” said Bernstein analyst Bruno Monteyn, Metro has 95 stores in China and real estate assets in major centers, such as Beijing and Shanghai, one of the sources said..

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