Tai seen as keeping options open as she pins hopes for progress on renewed talks

The next step for U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai’s retooling of U.S. trade policy toward China is clear -- she will speak with her Chinese counterpart in the coming days, though she said, “we won’t know what’s possible until we start talking.” After that, though, the USTR hasn’t ruled anything out, an open-endedness that drew a range of reactions after her much-anticipated speech on Monday. Tai outlined the broad strokes the administration’s plan to deal with Beijing in a speech...