Says tariffs hurting China very badly
President Donald Trump praised the progress U. S. and Chinese negotiators made as they work to reach a sweeping trade agreement, saying China finally respects the U. S. again.
In Friday’s Rose Garden speech that largely revolved around his emergency declaration, Trump also told reporters trade talks with China have been going “extremely well” and that the U. S. is closer than ever before to reaching a “real” trade deal.
“In China we had a negotiation going on for about two days. It’s going extremely well. Who knows what that means because it only matters if we get it done, but we’re very much working very closely with China and President Xi, who I respect a lot,” Trump said. “And we’re a lot closer than we ever were in this country with having a real trade deal. We’re covering everything.”
His comments come after U.
