White House official: U.S. in 'perfect situation' to negotiate with China, others

The U.S. is perfectly positioned to extract concessions from Beijing as the next 90 days progress, Clete Willems, the deputy assistant to the president for international economics, argued on Thursday. The U.S. and China have until March to come to terms to an agreement that will appease both sides after President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Argentina earlier this month. “So, let's focus on the big picture and not every single thing that is said by every...