Trump to Meet Xi at G-20; Negotiations Will Resume First
Trade negotiations will resume with China ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping, Trump tweeted June 18. He said he and Xi "will be having an extended meeting next week at the G-20 in Japan." The White House said the two leaders talked on that morning about "structural barriers to trade with China and achieving meaningful reforms that are enforceable and verifiable."
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Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said Trump is right to confront China decisively. "I urge him and President Xi to reach a deal that results in structural changes to China’s discriminatory policies and practices," he said during a conference call with reporters June 18. "When that’s all done we can eliminate these tariffs he’s put on." Grassley said tariffs should not be a long-term policy.