US President Donald Trump mentioned he had spoken to Chinese language President Xi Jinping since taking workplace on January 20, however didn’t provide particulars on the matters of their dialog.
Trump made the feedback in an interview aired on Fox Information on Monday.
“Yeah … I’ve talked to him and I’ve talked to his folks, too,” Trump mentioned when requested if he has spoken to the Chinese language chief because the US president’s inauguration. “We’ve got an excellent private relationship,” Trump added.
The president didn’t present particulars on when precisely the decision occurred or what was mentioned.
Trump mentioned final week he was in no hurry to talk to Xi to attempt to defuse a brand new commerce warfare between the world’s two largest economies. A dialog between Xi and Trump is seen as essential to a possible easing or delay of commerce tariffs.
The White Home and the Chinese language overseas ministry didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Trump’s interview to Fox Information.
Trump and Xi had spoken simply earlier than Trump took workplace in January and mentioned points together with TikTok, commerce and Taiwan.
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China imposed focused tariffs on US imports final week and put a number of corporations, together with Alphabet’s Google, on discover for doable sanctions, in a measured response to Trump’s across-the-board 10% duties, which had come on prime of prior tariffs.
Washington and Beijing have had tense relations for years over variations starting from commerce tariffs and cybersecurity to Taiwan, Hong Kong, human rights and the origins of COVID-19.
