U.S. issues a post-China dialogue statement devoid of new deliverables

The U.S. and China appear to have fallen short of the Trump administration's ambitions for the first Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross issuing a post-meeting statement that does not mention any new deliverables. "China acknowledged our shared objective to reduce the trade deficit which both sides will work cooperatively to achieve," Mnuchin and Ross said in the statement, after extending thanks to Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang and his delegation for attending...