一位匿名北京政府顾问也认为，由于美中关系不佳，新一轮贸易谈判不太可能进行， “贸易议题在中美关系已失去分量”。
An anonymous Chinese government adviser also agreed that a new round of trade talks was unlikely because of the poor relations between the US and China and that "trade issues have lost weight in the Sino-US relationship."