User login

Trump: Meeting with Chinese president could be announced next week

February 1, 2019 at 5:29 PM
President Trump told reporters on Friday that whether he’ll meet with Chinese president Xi Jinping during his upcoming Asia trip will “be announced officially probably in the next week.” Trump is meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam in late February. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will travel to China in early to mid-February, after the Chinese New Year on Feb. 5. Lighthizer noted they would be going “shortly,” but Mnuchin said no...

Not a subscriber? You can request 30 days free access to exclusive, behind-the-scenes reporting on trade policy in the Biden era.