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Trump's $250b in China deals feature little of substance
Published Thu, Nov 9, 2017 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
THE headline number is impressive: A quarter-trillion dollars in deals from China that President Donald Trump can use to show that he is creating opportunities for US businesses and jobs for his base.
The reality: The roughly 15 agreements unveiled on Thursday are mostly non-binding memoranda of understanding (MOUs) and could take years to materialise - if they do at all.
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