Trump Says China Phase One Purchases Will Be Clearer 'in a Week or Two'
When asked if he is satisfied with China's follow-through on phase one trade deal promises, President Donald Trump said May 6, “I will be able to report on that at the end of next week. They're buying a lot of…
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farm product, but are they buying to the level that they were supposed to? You know, they were going to buy 50 billion dollars' worth. The most they ever did was 15 or 16, and now they're going to 50.” He said he would be able to report on purchases from many other industries in a week or two, as well. He declined to answer a question about whether he would use tariffs to punish China for its handling of the novel coronavirus outbreak, saying, “We're in the midst of some very big things, so I just don’t want to talk about that now.”