The United States hopes there will be some "very good deliverables" when President Donald Trump visits China, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday, striking an upbeat tone amid trade tensions between the two countries. Current top breaking Philippine headlines regarding the…
BEIJING – The United States hopes there will be some “very good deliverables” when President Donald Trump visits China, US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Monday, striking an upbeat tone amid trade tensions between the two countries. Trump will likely visit China in November as part of a trip that will take him to an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in the Philippines and an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam. China’s relationship with the United States has been strained by the Trump administration’s criticism of China’s trade practices and by demands that Beijing do more to pressure North Korea to halt its nuclear weapons and missiles programs. Meeting in Beijing, Ross told Chinese Premier Li Keqiang he and his delegation had been greeted very warmly which augurs well for Trump’s forthcoming trip to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. “We are looking forward to a very good session including a lot of American CEOs and we hope there will be some very good deliverables,” Ross said, in comments in front of reporters. Li told Ross that the two countries’ common interests far outweighed their differences and their economic and trade relationship had enormously benefited both countries and the world. “China is the world’s largest developing country while the United States is the world’s biggest developed country,” Li said.
