Trade agreement needs signing into effect

How did the China-US trade negotiations go in Washington?

It seems some people still find it hard to say with any certainty.

In a statement the Ministry of Commerce announced that substantive progress had been made on agriculture, intellectual property, the exchange rate and financial services, as well as trade cooperation, technology transfer and disputes settlement. It said that the two parties also discussed the follow-up arrangement for consultations and agreed to make joint efforts to achieve a final agreement.