President Donald Trump said the United States is “doing very well with China” and expects to discuss several agreements with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his upcoming visit to the White House.
This would be Xi’s first visit to the US presidential residence in more than a decade.Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump said he and Xi had maintained a good relationship and expressed confidence that their meeting would lead to important discussions and potential deals.“I think he's going to come...
It's nice that we get along very well.
We've had a good relationship.
He'll be here next week...
we're going to have a very good meeting...
would say others maybe not so well, but we're doing very well with China.
And President Xi and I have a good relationship...
We are going to have a lot of different deals here...
China is paying us a lot of tariffs...
It was really hurting them badly, and I didn't want to do that..." he said.“We’re doing very well with China.
I would say others maybe not so well, but we’re doing very well with China.
And President Xi and I have a good relationship.
We’re going to have a lot of different deals,” Trump said.“We intend, we're not just doing it for our health.
We’re going to have some pretty important meetings,” he added.Trump recalls 145% tariffs on Chinese goodsTrump also spoke about the tariff relationship between the two countries, recalling that US tariffs on Chinese goods had at one point reached 145% before being reduced.“China is paying us a lot of tariffs.
And, you remember, I had it up to 145% at one point, but it was too much.
It was really hurting them badly, and I didn’t want to do that,” Trump said.He also addressed concerns about Chinese espionage, saying, “Somebody said, 'Oh, they spy on us.' And I said, 'Maybe they do, but we spy on them too..."Earlier, Trump signed into law a sweeping sanctions package targeting Russia and Iran, giving his administration expanded powers to penalise countries that continue buying Russian....
