Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has reportedly encouraged the president to reach a deal with China quickly and avoid political blowback from a trade war in 2020. “My warning has been: We don’t want the 2020 election year to become greatly intensified friction with China over trade issues. We should be sitting at that table with our allies.”Trump campaign officials recently polled trade messaging in a multistate survey, according to people familiar with the matter. “The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate,” Trump tweeted Sunday, after threatening to levy tariffs on all imports of Chinese goods. But White House officials said Trump has grown frustrated at times that a deal with China has not been struck.

Source: Washington Post May 07, 2019 23:51 UTC