U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with China's President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
SCMP: No summit with China’s Xi Jinping until a deal to end trade war is final, Donald Trump says
* The US president, speaking with Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He at his side, said it might be another month before he could announce a meeting with Xi
* ‘If we have a deal, we’ll have a summit,’ Trump said
US President Donald Trump met with China’s chief trade negotiator, Vice-Premier Liu He, at the White House on Thursday afternoon, but said a summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping would not be announced until a trade deal was in place.
“If we have a deal, there will be summit. I think we will know over the next four weeks,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, adding that a final, written agreement would take an additional two weeks. “I look forward to seeing Xi; he will be here.”
Trump didn’t say whether that meeting would be in Washington or his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where they met for the first time two years ago.
Read more ....
WNU Editor: I do not see any dal being made until after the next U.S. Presidential election.
