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发帖数: 13878 | 1 Trump says he and China's Xi exchanged 'long and very good' trade
conversation
President Donald Trump said Thursday that he spoke to Chinese President Xi
Jinping amid concerns about escalating trade tensions between the world's
two largest economies.
In a tweet, the president said he had a "long and very good conversation"
with the Chinese leader, "with a heavy emphasis on trade." He added that "
those discussions are moving along nicely" ahead of planned meetings at the
G-20 summit in Argentina next month.
Trump tweet: Just had a long and very good conversation with President Xi
Jinping of China. We talked about many subjects, with a heavy emphasis on
Trade. Those discussions are moving along nicely with meetings being
scheduled at the G-20 in Argentina. Also had good discussion on North Korea!
It is unclear how much progress Trump and Xi made toward breaking an impasse
over how they will assuage Trump's grievances with Beijing and move toward
reducing tariffs. Talks between the two countries have recently stalled as
the White House pushes for an end to alleged intellectual property theft by
Chinese companies and a reduction in the U.S. trade deficit with China.
Beijing has so far appeared unwilling to make major concessions.
Despite the lack of detail on any concrete progress, stock markets jumped in
response to Trump's tweet. Investors have worried about Trump's threats to
levy tariffs on an additional $267 billion in Chinese goods and the damage
the move could do to American consumers and companies. The duties would come
on top of tariffs already imposed on $250 billion in Chinese imports.
The tweet comes just five days before Tuesday's midterm elections. Numerous
candidates across the country — particularly those in areas that export
agricultural products to China — have pushed for Trump to ease the trade
tensions.
On Wednesday, Trump's top economic advisor Larry Kudlow tempered
expectations about progress at the G-20 summit. He told CNBC that "it's
possible some good positive things could — I say could — come out of
President Trump-President Xi talks."
"Nothing is set in stone right now" on the potential new tariffs, the
National Economic Council director said. |
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