Michael Hart, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China (AmCham China), has urged Beijing and Washington to push more negotiations down to working-level officials. Hart stated that businesses require greater long-term stability in bilateral ties than leader-level diplomacy alone can provide, noting that working-level officials currently have insufficient time to prepare for substantive outcomes. He expressed hope that negotiations in 2027 would first be delegated to senior economic officials from both sides, and then further down to working-level personnel.