Further comments by the Chinese foreign ministry
This is in relation to the news over the weekend after the US expelled Chinese officials after they drove on to a sensitive military base. The US did so on the grounds that they were suspected spies and China is denying the allegation here.
A Phase One trade deal is certainly achievable but when you factor in issues like this and the Hong Kong and Xinjiang bills, any major progress in US-China relations will require much more give and take and that will be the real challenge.