Donald Trump to discuss trade with China's Xi as talks continue
President Donald Trump says he'll speak Tuesday with President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) of China, tweeting that they'll discuss trade, an area where he says "good things will happen." He says they'll also discuss North Korea, where he says "relationships and trust are building."
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- Reuters
- Published Date: 12:00 | 08 May 2018
- Modified Date: 03:34 | 08 May 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump said he will discuss trade with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, as both sides continue talks after failing to reach a consensus at talks in Beijing last week.
Trump announced the planned telephone call in a post on Twitter, just days after a U.S. delegation returned from discussions in Beijing last week with no agreement on a long list of U.S. demands, and ahead of more negotiations next week.
Trump, calling Xi "my friend," pledged in the post that "good things will happen" on trade.
Next week, China's top economic official, Vice Premier Liu He, is scheduled to visit Washington to resume negotiations sparked by the Trump administration's threat to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion of Chinese imports.
Tariff threats have roiled U.S. and other stock markets in recent weeks amid fears a trade war between the world's two largest economies will impact global markets.
Last week, a seven-member U.S. delegation returned to Washington and briefed Trump on their meeting with Chinese counterparts.