President Donald Trump’s top trade negotiator and Treasury secretary arrived in the Chinese capital on Tuesday for high-level talks later in the week
U. S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he could let the March 1 deadline for a trade agreement with China « slide for a little while, » but that he would prefer not to and expects to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping to close the deal at some point.
Trump’s top trade negotiator and Treasury secretary arrived in the Chinese capital on Tuesday for high-level talks later in the week as the world’s two largest economies attempt to hammer out a deal to protect American trade secrets and avoid another escalation of U. S. tariffs on Chinese goods after March 1.
If negotiators are coming close to a complete deal, Trump said he could see pushing off that deadline.
« We’re doing very well over in China, » Trump told reporters at a cabinet meeting, adding that the negotiating team is big.
« If we’re close to a deal where we think we can make a real deal and it’s going to get done, I could see myself letting that slide for a little while, » Trump said.
