Friday, October 12, 2018

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.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Demons will not win the Senate.

Five Thirty Eight is saying as much.

Anonymous said...

On a positive note if the Demons win the House it will be more of a circus than if they win the Senate.

jac said...

Asking China to respect the UNCLOS rule they sign, to respect the rule of the WTO they sign, to respect the promise Xi did to Obama are not concessions. China has to go back to the rules, that's it.
If China think it will be better off with Democrats is just laughable.

The Weather Man said...

The Repugs will keep the senate
the Dems will win the Houase
the rancor will increase a great deal, The W.H. will try to unseat Mueller by cutting money for his work
Puzzle me this: Climate change deniers claim that since even prior to humanity emerging via evolution, there have been periods of intense heat and of cold...we are simply in one of those cycles. Ok. Then how do you know what took place prior to recent science studies about what took place millions of years ago? Oh,. Science tells us so and I believe that. I just do not believe what they tell us now

Anonymous said...

China will be better of with Democrats for sure. You can take that to the bank. That's why they're actively influencing the midterm (and have been caught doing so)