'I think a comprehensive agreement is nearly impossible to do with all of these things that are being thrown into the bucket right now,' Tony Fratto says.
"It is adding a lot of complexity to what is already among the most complex trade agreements you can try to negotiate," said, founding partner at consulting firm Hamilton Place Strategies and a former White House deputy press secretary.
"I think a comprehensive agreement is nearly impossible to do with all of these things that are being thrown into the bucket right now," Fratto said on "Chinese trade officials are scheduled to be in Washington on Thursday to rekindle high-level trade negotiations. The world's two largest economies have been ensnared in a trade dispute for well over a year, with each side instituting retaliatory measures against the other.
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