But more than just where the deal will be signed with Chinese president Xi Jinping, Ross said they want to make sure that the "particularly complicated" deal will be clear to both sides.
USA firms are also fearful of a reprisal from China, which could put them on a tit-for-tat blacklist, making it hard to sell their wares in the giant eastern market.
Ross also defended the US's engagement in Asia after Trump skipped the Asean meetings for the second straight year.
In July, the US Commerce Department announced its plans to begin issuing special licenses to local tech companies wishing to keep their business ties with Huawei. This is probably one of the reasons why the US government wants to seal the deal and are even wanting to accelerate the approval process for granting licenses to these Chinese firms.
President Donald Trump on Sunday told reporters at the White House that a trade agreement, if one is completed, would be signed somewhere in the US.
Huawei, the world's biggest broadcast communications organization and a main cell phone brand, has become a pawn in the bigger US-China exchange war.
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He said that Democrats were working to impeach him because they were anxious about him winning re-election in 2020. He joked that Bevin was "such a pain" when it came to calling him for things on behalf of the state of Kentucky.
U.S. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE WILBUR ROSS, on the trade deal.
"We continue to negotiate trade deals with countries in this region". That is, if Google is one of the American companies that will be issued a license by the United States government to conduct business with the technology giant.
Ross also addressed Trump's protracted trade war with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, saying the USA was "very far along" with "Phase One" of a deal.
Automakers warned a 25 percent tariffs would backfire, driving up the cost to USA consumers and resulting in job loss for the auto industry.
The American attempt at damage control for now is to work toward a "special summit" with the 10 leaders of ASEAN states on USA soil next year - an apparent attempt to create a second iteration of Obama's February 2016 Sunnyland special leaders' summit. Southeast Asia collectively has the world's fifth largest economy and has struggled to wade through the economic fallout of U.S. During an interview with Bloomberg, Ross stated that the applications are already being reviewed but mentioned that not all companies should expect a green light.
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