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"China would love to make a deal with us. We
had a deal and they broke the deal. I think if they had it to do
again they wouldn't have done what they did," Trump told
reporters as he left the White House to deliver a commencement
speech at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.
Trump said U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods were prompting
manufacturers in China to leave the country and locate in other
nations.
"China is subsidizing products, so the United States taxpayers
are paying for very little of it," Trump said, noting the
tariffs had little impact on inflation.
"I think we're doing very well with China."
Trade tensions between Washington and Beijing escalated sharply
earlier this month after the Trump administration accused China
of having "reneged" on its previous promises to make structural
changes to its economic practices.
Washington later imposed additional tariffs of up to 25% on $200
billion of Chinese goods, prompting Beijing to retaliate.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has said he likely will travel
to Beijing "in the near future" to continue negotiations.
(Reporting by Steve Holland; Writing by David Alexander; Editing
by Bernadette Baum and Bill Trott)
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