Mix Signals On A Trump - Xi Summit At The G20 Next Month
The Hill: Trump, Xi meeting in November getting on track
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are looking more likely to meet late next month at the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires to discuss their escalating trade dispute, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
The White House told Beijing that it wants to move forward with a face-to-face meeting at the international gathering in hopes of determining how to solve their long-standing trade differences, the WSJ wrote.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow are taking the lead on coordinating the meeting between the leaders of the world's two largest economies.
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WNU Editor: Everyone is hoping for a way out of this trade war .... Prospect of Trump-Xi talks raises hope for thaw in trade war (AP). And while President Trump is warning that he will increase the pressure .... Trump says he can do 'a lot more' to hurt China's economy if no concessions ahead of Xi meeting (Business Insider) .... even hinting that a deal will be made .... EXCLUSIVE: Trump says China will make a deal (Washington Examiner), my contacts in China are telling me the opposite. They are telling me that China will wait until the end of the midterms and hope that the Democrats will win Congress and reverse President Trump's trade war, and will then start negotiating.
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