beijing 100-day trade talk announce sino-american presidential summit last week aim deal decades thorny trade issue leave u.s. business leaders wary short timeline might yield superficial result business executives also worry president donald trump focus curtail north korea nuclear missile program could undercut u.s. commercial interest china days trump meet president xi jinping trump tweet beijing would get good trade deal washington help resolve u.s. problem pyongyang u.s. business community use bargain chip say jam zimmerman beijing-based lawyer former chairman american chamber commerce china trump far good trade deal linkage north korea amateurish illogical horse trade best zimmerman say white house say u.s chinese officials still early stag flesh pledge trump xi develop 100-day plan reduce u.s. trade deficit china last year reach 347 billion among limit set public outcomes first meet florida trump promise aggressively address trade imbalances open chinese market american goods service william zarit chamber current chairman say talk need address structural impediments u.s. company face china rather talk trade war remember talk 20 years get far zarit say white house say issue include open china financial service sector get u.s. beef export china talk please hear issue elevate high level governments commitment resolve u.s. beef access issue expedite fashion ceo u.s. meat export federation philip seng say others remain skeptical beef do 10 years ago fact go long emblematic imbalance way negotiate deal say jam mcgregor chairman apco worldwide great china china purchase hardly american beef since conditionally lift import ban last year impose 2003 due case mad cow disease washington state despite initial media report suggest xi may offer access u.s. beef concession stave rise trade tensions china premier li keqiang week appear link progress issue u.s. restrictions import chinese poultry products food safety reason china will import market-competitive u.s. beef meet quality health standards li tell u.s. congressional delegation beijing monday accord state-run beijing news chinese chicken also competitive international market hope unite state quickly lift ban chinese chicken import way good embody fair trade li say individual company hesitant criticize china fear backlash critics u.s. business group accuse beijing unfairly subsidize domestic firm restrict foreign investment much world second-biggest economy 50-percent ownership cap foreign life insurers example despite china 2001 world trade organization commitments lift help limit market share percent beijing repeatedly promise open financial service widely foreign firm give detail implementation jacob parker vice president china operations u.s.-china business council say concern persist china would make commitments follow take incremental step government could remove industries list sectors restrict foreign investment businesses could still face red tape license hurdle restrict regional pilot zone lot ways china call something open parker say xi propose cooperation infrastructure development meet trump chinese state-owned company work major u.s. public work politically fraught issue unite state trump campaign create job high-tech industries china hop funnel investment semiconductors virtual reality autonomous vehicles consider sensitive partnerships would likely also clear national security hurdle skeptics also wonder chinese cooperation redress trade imbalance limit areas serve chinese need increase import u.s. gas oil coke coal xi stop alaska way home meet governor bill walker tout state oil gas mineral resources market access side low restrictions foreign investment chinese bank securities investment management futures insurance credit rat account sectors beijing already promise would help china improve quality financial instrument make market stable professional say mcgregor look things china talk open areas china need help mcgregor say u.s. business wary skin-deep result trump-xi trade talk