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US President Donald Trump said he would be willing to travel to China to speak with Xi Jinping about foreign policy and economic issues.
Under that 90-day agreement, the US reduced levies on Chinese imports from 145% to 30%, while Chinese duties on US goods fell to 10%.
“They were going to China, and that was going to be their parent, and that’s not happening,” Trump said of the three Arab states.
He added that the nations were “very important to keep in our fold.”
In order to discuss foreign policy and economic matters with Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump stated that he would be open to visiting China.
In a Friday interview with Fox News, Trump responded, “I would certainly,” when asked if he would like to travel abroad to see Xi, adding that the US-China relationship was “important.”. “.”.
A number of times during his second term, the US president has stated that he is eager to talk to the Chinese leader. After their deputies negotiated a temporary truce in the trade war that was triggered by Trump’s dramatic tariffs on Chinese goods earlier in the week, he predicted that the two might speak over the phone.
In that 90-day deal, Chinese duties on US goods dropped to 10 percent, and the US lowered levies on Chinese imports from 145 percent to 30 percent.
Trump claimed his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates was intended to keep the nations outside of Beijing’s sphere of influence, even though he had indicated an eagerness to engage with the Chinese leader.
Regarding the three Arab nations, Trump claimed, “They were going to China, and that was going to be their parent, and that’s not happening.”. The nations were “very important to keep in our fold,” he continued. “”.
