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Trump admits receiving a “beautiful letter” from Chinese president Xi Jinping

Friday, May 10th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
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 “He just wrote me a beautiful letter. I’ve just received it and I’ll probably speak to him by phone,” Mr Trump said “He just wrote me a beautiful letter. I’ve just received it and I’ll probably speak to him by phone,” Mr Trump said

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he had received a “beautiful letter” from Chinese President Xi Jinping, as negotiations on a trade deal between the two countries continue in Washington.

“He just wrote me a beautiful letter. I’ve just received it and I’ll probably speak to him by phone,” Mr Trump said. Later, he quoted Mr Xi as saying in the letter: “Let’s work together, let’s see if we can get something done.”

Mr Trump said he believed it was possible to reach a deal this week, as negotiators prepare to meet again on Thursday in Washington to end a trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies. 

The US Trade Representative’s office announced that tariffs on US$200 billion worth of Chinese goods would increase to 25% from 10% at 12.01am Friday, right in the middle of two days of meetings with a Chinese delegation led by Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He.

President Trump has accused China of reneging on commitments it had made so far in the talks. “We’re getting very close to a deal then they started to renegotiate the deal. We can’t have that. We can’t have that,” he said.

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  • DemonTree

    Heh, they didn't call the American's barbarians in the letter, then...

    May 10th, 2019 - 10:44 am 0
  • :o))

    REF: receiving a “beautiful letter”

    Maybe in a pink cover with DT's favorite odor?

    May 11th, 2019 - 12:45 pm 0
  • DemonTree

    And little hearts all over it. Or is that reserved for Kim Jong-un?

    May 11th, 2019 - 03:14 pm 0
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