Breaking Down the $250 Billion China Deals Trump Got for America

How does $250 billion in deals get sliced?

The White House has unveiled a slew of agreements with China as President Donald Trump seeks to address an imbalance in trade. While Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross boasted a total of $250 billion in business deals, it’s unclear how one gets to that figure. Many of them weren’t broken out into separate valuations, while a large number were in the form of nonbinding memoranda of understanding or involved agreements with existing Chinese partners.

For those keeping score, the energy and transportation sectors appear to be winners. One of the biggest announcements is ...