Donald Trump confirms the holding of Sino-American negotiations
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
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US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that American and Chinese officials started negotiations to reach an agreement on reciprocal customs tariffs between the first two world economies.
“They had a meeting this morning,” Trump replied to a question at the Oval Office on the holding of discussions between officials from the two countries.
This statement comes following the statements of a spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Commerce who refuted press reports reporting negotiations between Washington and Beijing to appease their trade war.
Asked about the officials of the US administration involved in the discussions, President Trump said: “We will perhaps reveal it later, but they had meetings this morning, and we met representatives of China”.
Trump hinted on Tuesday that he was ready to reduce customs duties on Chinese products, believing that 145% taxes imposed on China “are too high”.
“145% is too high, and it will not be so high,” the US president told the press in the oval office. The new prices “will not be so high. They will decrease considerably. But it will not be zero,” he added.
China recently refused to receive planes from the American manufacturer Boeing, causing criticism of the White House tenant, who called on the aircraft manufacturer to “sanction China for not having accepted the magnificently finished planes that China had committed to buy”.
