China, US seal trade deal as ties warm

View photosChina will authorise US beef imports by July 16 under a trade deal between Beijing and Washington (AFP Photo/JUSTIN SULLIVAN)
MoreBeijing and Washington announced Friday an agreement giving US beef, natural gas and certain financial services access to China’s massive market in a deal highlighting the warm ties nurtured by their presidents.
The US in exchange will allow cooked Chinese poultry to enter US markets.
The agreement marked one of the first concrete results of trade dis