Deals involving the president are so numerous and varied that it is hard to keep track. Almost nowhere is quid pro quo explicit. The point is to buy goodwill and trust Donald Trump to pay it back https://t.co/1b8w8dJ1Sb ...

US-China Trade Negotiations - Treasury Secretary suggests the Trump administration is willing to extend the deadline for trade negotiations if progress is being made [2][3][4] - The definition of "good faith" negotiations remains subjective and the specifics of any deadline extension are unclear [3][4] Semiconductor and Rare Earths - The Treasury Secretary denies any quid pro quo arrangement involving chips for rare earths [6] - The administration is not explicitly ruling out the possibility of lowering export standards for sophisticated chips [6] - There is no current deal in place to ease restrictions on selling chips to the Chinese government [7]