President Trump says China is forcing U.S. companies to transfer their technology secrets to China. WSJ's Shelby Holliday tells you how. Illustration: Adele MorganThe Trump administration’s campaign to reduce trade imbalances with China highlights a gulf between the world’s two largest economies over import duties on everything from aircraft to electric toothbrushes. Senior White House economics officials visited Beijing this month to kick off negotiations in the trade dispute, in which the U.S. is pressuring China to reduce its bilateral trade surplus by $100 billion a year. Vice Premier Liu He is expected to arrive in Washington to pursue talks Tuesday, coinciding with the first...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 15, 2018 09:32 UTC