Face of Nation :WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will likely meet on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit later this month in Japan, a White House spokesman said on Thursday, although he suggested a meeting was not yet firmly scheduled.
“It looks like we’re moving in that direction,” White House spokesman Hogan Gidley told Fox News Channel when asked if the two leaders would have a bilateral meeting.
Trump has repeatedly said he expects to meet Xi at the G20 gathering to talk about the trade dispute between the two nations.
The US levied tariffs of 10 per cent on USD 200 billion of Chinese products in September, with the rate set to increase to 25 per cent by the end of the year barring a breakthrough in the trade talks. In response, Beijing said it would impose taxes on 5,207 US imports worth about USD 60 billion.
The two nations had already imposed tariffs on USD 50 billion of each other’s goods before the September sanctions.
“And I have USD 267 billion waiting to go if we can’t make a deal,” Trump said.
He said China had been really hurting the US economically.
I can make a deal right now (with China). I just say they (the Chinse) are not ready,” he said.
“And it has to be great because they’ve drained our country. We have really helped rebuild China. They’ve been taken out an average of USD 500 billion a year for many years. Not going to happen anymore,” Trump asserted.
The White House has said that Trump is scheduled to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Argentina on November 30 and December
