WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Donald Trump said Thursday (March 14) that trade war negotiations with China should wrap up within four weeks and expressed optimism about striking a deal..
WASHINGTON (AFP, BLOOMBERG) – President Donald Trump said Thursday (March 14) that trade war negotiations with China should wrap up within four weeks and expressed optimism about striking a deal.
„We are doing very well with China talks,“ he told reporters. „We are getting what we have to get.“
Later, at a Saint Patrick’s Day celebration in the White House with the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Trump predicted results in the near future.
„We’ll have news on China probably – one way or way or the other, we’re going to know over the next three to four weeks,“ Trump said.
“And then if one gets done, it will be something that people are going to be talking about for a long time because we have been really taken advantage of for a long time. And now I think – China, frankly, they’ve been very responsible and very reasonable.”
Despite Trump’s upbeat assessment, the two sides continue to lock horns on the hugely complex dispute between the world’s biggest economies. Earlier this week, Trump said there was still no plan for him to hold a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Trump said Wednesday he is „in no rush“ for a deal but that there is „a very good chance“ for one.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin told a congressional committee earlier Thursday that he expects the deal to be finalised soon, but cautioned that the process is complex.
