WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday (Oct 21) that he expected to seal a “good” trade deal with China’s Xi Jinping at a regional summit next week, although he warned that the highly anticipated sit-down might yet be cancelled.
Trump has repeatedly changed his mind on meeting the Chinese president at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea since first announcing the encounter.
“So now we’re going to have a fair deal, and I think we’re going to have a very successful meeting. Certainly, there are a lot of people that are waiting for it,” Trump told a lunch event with Republican senators at the White House.
But he then added: “Maybe it won’t happen. Things can happen where, for instance, maybe somebody will say, ‘I don’t want to meet. It’s too nasty.'” But it’s really not nasty.”
Source: CNA
