Both countries have yet to agree on a number of important issues.
Beijing wants Washington to remove existing U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, while the United States wants China to agree to terms of an enforcement mechanism ensuring it abides by the deal, the FT said.
Myron Brilliant, executive vice president for international affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce told reporters that 90 percent of the deal is done, but the final 10 percent remains the trickiest part of the negotiations and would require trade-offs on both sides, according to the FT.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/03/us-and-china-are-reportedly-drawing-closer-to-final-trade-agreement-ft.html