Tuesday, June 18, 2019

President Trump And President Xi Confirm G20 Meeting And The Restarting Of US-China Trade Talks



SCMP: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping confirm G20 meeting and restarting of US-China trade talks

* Trump tweets that he and Xi will meet at the G20 summit, while Xi is quoted as saying he will meet Trump to ‘exchange opinions’ on Sino-US relations
* The two negotiating teams ‘will begin talks prior to our meeting’, Trump writes

US President Donald Trump confirmed on Twitter on Tuesday that he and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, will meet next week at the G20 summit in Japan, while the Chinese president was quoted as saying he was “willing” to meet Trump at the international forum to “exchange opinions” on Sino-US relations.

Meanwhile, the two negotiating teams “will begin talks prior to our meeting”, the US president tweeted.

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WNU Editor: I am not optimistic that these talks will be successful.

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