The joint letter, signed by Internet Association, the Semiconductor Industry Association and other trade groups, said the new trilateral agreement would set global standards for access and usage of digital trade.

The Chinese Commerce Ministry gave no details but said the two sides want to create “favorable conditions.”

The beef deal could help alleviate some of the damage to the domestic agricultural industry due to tariffs Beijing has imposed on U.S products in retaliation for U.S. levies on China.

The meeting ended about 40 minutes ahead of schedule.

The Oval Office meeting is aimed primarily at pushing the new North American trade deal over the finish line in both countries.

Democratic lawmakers say the deal must ensure workers in Mexico have the right to organize, a step that would require new Mexican labor laws.

The comments just might have been the catalyst for the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement.

Dairy Farmers of Canada issued a terse statement soon after the agreement was announced late Sunday, following 14 months of difficult negotiations between the parties.

The big takeaway is that Canada was able to preserve a trade deal that the American president continually threatened to tear up.

The thinking is that the prime minister will tell Canadians that he needs a strong mandate from voters in order to go toe to toe with Trump on what is becoming a trade crisis.