Chinese leader speaks in positive terms as US president says ‘lots of very potentially bad problems will be going away’.
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have announced making progress in narrowing their differences during their Florida summit, but did not elaborate on the achievements.
As the two leaders wrapped up their meeting on Friday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, the US leader said: “We have made tremendous progress in our relationship with China”.
“We will be making additional progress. The relationship developed by President Xi and myself I think is outstanding, ” Trump said in contrast to the anti-China rhetoric of his 2016 election campaign.
“And I believe lots of very potentially bad problems will be going away, ” he added, without offering any indication of what differences had been narrowed between the world’s two biggest economies.
Xi also spoke in mostly positive terms, but offered only broad generalities.
“We have engaged in deeper understanding, and have built a trust – a preliminary working relationship and friendship, ” he said.
