U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday "it doesn't matter" if Chinese leader Xi Jinping attends the Group of 20 summit later this month in the Japanese city of Osaka, predicting a trade deal with Beijing would occur at some point anyway. Eventually they're going to make a deal," Trump said in an interview with Fox News Channel. Trump repeatedly said he would meet with Xi at the summit, although China has not confirmed the meeting. The two men last met at last year's G20 summit in Argentina, and agreed to a pause to their trade war. Trump also said China manipulates its currency in order to avoid the squeeze of U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods.

Source: dna June 15, 2019 04:00 UTC