Trump Administration Seeks Public Comment on China Trade Board

The Trump administration is seeking public comment on its plans to create a Board of Trade to manage economic ties with China, moving ahead with the formal process to create the new mechanism.

The Office of the US Trade Representative said Tuesday it was placing a notice in the Federal Register seeking comments by July 10.

The move comes after President Donald Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met in Beijing last month for a high-profile summit where they agreed to create a Board of Trade and a Board of Investment to help ease tensions between the world’s two largest ...