US President Donald Trump mentioned on Wednesday (Jun 4) that Chinese language President Xi Jinping is hard and “extraordinarily onerous to make a cope with”, days after the US leader accused China of violating an agreement to roll again tariffs and commerce restrictions.
“I like President Xi of China, all the time have, and all the time will, however he’s VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH,” Trump mentioned in a put up on Reality Social.
White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt had mentioned on Monday that Trump would converse with Xi this week as the 2 leaders search to iron out variations on final month’s tariff settlement in Geneva, amongst bigger commerce points.
A US commerce courtroom final week dominated that Trump overstepped his authority in imposing the majority of his tariffs on imports from China and different international locations underneath an emergency powers act.
Lower than 24 hours later, a federal appeals courtroom reinstated the tariffs, saying it was pausing the commerce courtroom ruling to contemplate the federal government’s enchantment.
