“Without the tariffs, we wouldn’t be talking,” Trump said in an interview with The New York Times, shortly after his administration concluded two days of high-level trade talks with Chinese officials. Nor did they discuss rolling back American tariffs on Chinese goods. Substantial hurdles remain in the way of a deal before a 90-day trade truce ends, bringing with it higher tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese imports. He said a final deal would probably be sealed in person during a meeting next month with Xi at a location to be determined. Trump indicated that it did not come up in the talks this week but that “it will be discussed.”“That, actually, as big as it might seem, is very small compared to the overall deal,” Trump said.

Source: bd News24 February 01, 2019 10:41 UTC