New round of trade talks offers hope

Editor's Note: A "phase one" deal has been reached after the new round of China-US trade negotiations concluded on Friday, breaking the months-long impasse. Two experts share their views on the deal with China Daily's Liu Jianna. Excerpts follow:

It is time to ink a deal

It comes as no surprise that China and the United States have at last been able to deliver some results from their year-long trade talks. Because they know exactly what the other insists on and opposes after 13 rounds of negotiations. The negotiations last week will have been free of the sort of misunderstandings that arose during their initial negotiations. It is now merely a political decision to come into line.