Originally Posted by boat stuck

Why would China agree to further negotiations after the US unilaterally declares that it won't negotiate on a key issue by passing a law about it? There simply won't be any more negotiations.

If the US passes a ban on some Chinese flights, regardless of how the ban is packaged, there will fewer/no US-China flights. There won't be more flights. This should not be a surprise. To argue otherwise and claim that China will yield, especially given recent experience, borders on nonsensical.