TOKYO -- Wilbur Ross, the U.S. commerce secretary, is "reasonably optimistic" about a swift signing of an initial agreement to resolve over a year of trade tensions between the U.S. and China.
"We're making very good progress toward the completion of Phase 1 negotiations with the People's Republic of China," Ross told reporters on Tuesday in a phone briefing from Bangkok, where he had attended the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit.
