"I think that we will make a great deal with China and it has to
be great, because they've drained our country," Trump told FOX
News Channel's "The Ingraham Angle" on Monday.
Trump said in the interview he would like to make a deal now,
but that China was not ready. He did not elaborate.
Bloomberg news reported on Monday that Washington was preparing
to announce tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports by early
December if talks next month between Trump and his counterpart
Xi Jinping fail to ease the trade war.
Both Trump and Xi are expected to attend next month's G20 summit
in Buenos Aires, where they could meet.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said China and the
United States have all along been in communication about
exchanges at all levels, including a possible Xi-Trump meeting
in Argentina, though he gave no details.
If the United States is not willing to promote win-win
cooperation with China then China is fully confident in being
able to continue with its reforms and develop itself, Lu added.
The United States has already imposed tariffs on $250 billion
worth of Chinese goods, and China has responded with retaliatory
duties on $110 billion worth of U.S. goods.
"And I have $267 billion waiting to go if we can't make a deal,"
Trump said.
Trump has long threatened to impose tariffs on all remaining
Chinese imports into the United States if Beijing fails to meet
U.S. demands for sweeping changes to Chinese trade, technology
transfer and industrial subsidy policies.
(Reporting by John Ruwitch; Additional reporting by Ben
Blanchard in Beijing; Editing by Kim Coghill)
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