President Donald Trump on Tuesday told Congress that Washington's aggressive trade negotiations with Beijing would mean an end to China's alleged "theft" of US jobs and wealth.
He also called on China to make the kind of far-reaching "structural" changes to industrial policy that analysts say Beijing is likely to resist.
"We are now making it clear to China that after years of targeting our industries, and stealing our intellectual property, the theft of American jobs and wealth has come to an end," Trump said in his annual State of the Union address.
Any agreement with Beijing "must include real, structural change to end unfair trade practices," Trump said.
(Published 06 February 2019, 03:00 IST)
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