Tag: Xi Jinping visit US

• Thursday, March 22nd 2018 - 22:16 UTC

  Trump calls for reciprocity and reveals US$ 60bn tariffs in China imports

  

  President Donald Trump announced on Thursday his plans for tariffs on up to US$60 billion annually in Chinese imports, designed as retaliation for an administration report that will outline Beijing’s violation of U.S. intellectual property rights.

• Saturday, April 15th 2017 - 09:37 UTC

  Trump backtracks: China is not a currency manipulator, and praises Janet Yellen

  

  President Donald Trump has said his administration will not label China a currency manipulator, rowing back on a campaign promise. The US president also left open the possibility of re-nominating Janet Yellen as the head of the Federal Reserve, despite having criticized her.

• Saturday, April 8th 2017 - 10:07 UTC

  Trump describes “tremendous progress” in talks with Xi; state visit to China later this year

  

  President Donald Trump has accepted his counterpart Xi Jinping's invitation to make a visit to China, said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Mr. Trump is hosting the Chinese president for a two-day visit at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

• Friday, April 7th 2017 - 10:31 UTC

  “I have gotten nothing” from Xi, but a strong friendship has developed, Trump admits

  

  United States President Donald Trump said to light laughter at a Thursday evening dinner he hosted for Chinese President Xi Jinping that after a long discussion, “I have gotten nothing, absolutely nothing” from his guest. But Trump added that the two leaders, who chatted earlier at the president’s Florida resort, had quickly “developed a friendship,” and he predicted that “long term we’re going to have a very, very great relationship and I look very much forward to it.”

• Sunday, April 2nd 2017 - 06:02 UTC

  Trump will host Xi at his Florida resort April 6/7; anticipates “difficult meeting”

  

  United States President Donald Trump will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time on April 6-7 at Trump's Florida resort, China's Foreign Ministry announced, amid a range of pressing issues including trade, North Korea and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.