China Urges Trump to Lift Security Curbs in Push for Deals (1)

China is pushing the Trump administration to roll back national-security restrictions on Chinese deals in the US, dangling the prospect of a massive investment package as part of a proposal that would upend a decade of policy.

In addition, President Xi Jinping’s negotiators want the US to lower tariffs on imported inputs used by any Chinese factories built in the US, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing private deliberations.

The proposals were raised during trade talks in Madrid last month, the people said. During those meetings, the two sides reached a framework ...