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White House's Kudlow says U.S.-China talks are progressing

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Trade talks between the United States and China are progressing and both sides hope to get closer to a deal this week, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Wednesday as negotiators prepared to start a fresh round of talks in Washington.

 

Talks between the two economic powerhouses made good headway last week in Beijing, Kudlow told reporters at an event hosted by the Christian Science Monitor.

 

Kudlow said China has acknowledged problems of intellectual property theft, forced technology transfer and hacking for the first time as a result of the trade talks.

 

He said U.S. charges against Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has generally not come up during trade talks.

 

Kudlow also said no decisions have been made on auto tariffs.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trade-china-idUSKCN1RF1UU

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U.S. private sector adds 129,000 jobs in March: ADP

 

(Reuters) - U.S. private employers added 129,000 jobs in March, below economistsโ€™ expectations and the lowest since September 2017, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.

 

Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast the ADP National Employment Report would show a gain of 170,000 jobs, with estimates ranging from 140,000 to 261,000.

 

Private payroll gains in the month earlier were revised up to 197,000 from an originally reported 183,000 increase.

 

The report is jointly developed with Moodyโ€™s Analytics.

 

The ADP figures come ahead of the U.S. Labor Departmentโ€™s more comprehensive non-farm payrolls report on Friday, which includes both public and private-sector employment.

 

Economists polled by Reuters are looking for U.S. private payroll employment to have grown by 170,000 jobs in March, up from 25,000 the month before. Total non-farm employment is expected to have changed by 180,000.

 

The unemployment rate is forecast to stay steady at the 3.8 percent recorded a month earlier.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-adp-idUSKCN1RF1GJ