Partial US-China trade deal only a truce: analysts

Beijing

DESPITE US President Donald Trump's optimism after the US and China announced a partial trade deal last weekend, analysts say that uncertainty remains and it is highly unlikely the US will lift economic pressures off China any time soon.

The so-called "phase one" trade deal was concluded after a two-day visit of a high-level Chinese delegation to Washington, but this does not address structural issues in the Chinese economy, the analysts add.

They maintain that tensions will continue in the long term as competition between the world's two super powe…