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US China Trade War: Donald Trump Says He Is Prepared For The Meeting
Trump said China wants to make a deal very badly
It seems both the United States President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are looking forward to the highly anticipated meeting at the G20 summit in Argentina next week. It is expected that upcoming meeting might finally put an end to the ongoing trade war. The two countries have been involved in a trade war since June this year.
Trump, on Thursday, told press reporters that China wants to make a deal very badly after his US government has imposed tariffs on about $250 billion worth of Chinese goods, reported Bloomberg. He has even threatened to double the tariffs if the issue is not resolved before January. In retaliation, China imposed tariffs on US$110 billion of US goods.
“I can say this, China wants to make a deal very badly – because of the tariffs,” Trump said. “China wants to make a deal. If we can make a deal, we will.”
He added that he is already prepared for the meeting.
“I’m very prepared, I’ve been preparing for it all my life,” the US President told journalists at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.
He also said that he shares a great relationship with Xi.
“I like him a lot. I think he likes me. Probably likes me less now than he did before we did what we’re doing,” Trump added.
Some top Chinese officials briefed on Xi’s upcoming travels in Beijing on Friday which included the President’s meeting with Trump at the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires. They didn’t mention the names of any officials who would accompany Xi.
China “hopes the Xi-Trump meeting goes smoothly,” Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Chao said during the briefing.
The meeting will be their first since the tit-for-tat US-China trade war began earlier this year. The other countries in the world are hoping that the two leaders finally find a way to de-escalate a trade war that is threatening the global economy.
