In expected fashion, China blasted US House passage of the Uighur Act of 2019 with fierce reaction. Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chung Ying criticized US lawmakers as “too ignorant, too shameless and too hypocritical”. And, “any wrong words and deeds must pay the due price.” She added that China will not set any timeline or deadline for a trade deal with the US. And it would take “decisive”countermeasures to defend its interests against US protectionism.
On the other hand, Bloomberg reported, quoting unnamed source, that a phase-one trade deal is still expected before December 15 natural deadline by US negotiators. The known issues of guarantee on China’s purchase of US farm goods, and tariff rollbacks, are the only outstanding issues.
