<span style="color: #222222;">US President Donald Trump has said the United States and China will very shortly sign their so-called Phase One trade pact.<br />''<br />''Trump said the two countries have just achieved a breakthrough on the trade deal and they will be signing it very shortly.<br />'' <br />'' The Phase One deal was announced earlier this month as part of a bid to end the months-long tit-for-tat trade war between the world's two largest economies.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Under the deal, the United States will agree to reduce some tariffs in exchange for a big jump in Chinese purchases of American farm products. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said last week the pact will be signed in early January.</span><br />