Despite Chile's cancellation of the Asia Pacific Economic Corridor summit, there remains optimism that China and the United States will soon sign a trade agreement of some sort (Diplomat, Al Jazeera, Bloomberg, Japan Times). As of this question's launch on 8 November 2019, a new round of tariffs on Chinese imports is scheduled to go into effect 15 December 2019 (CNBC).

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The question closed "No" with a closing date of 1 January 2020.  

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