President Donald Trump, facing pressure to scale back a U.S.-China trade war contributing to a global economic slowdown, claimed Monday that serious talks will begin soon although another round has been expected in Washington in September. Trump said his trade negotiators had received two "very
1 / 3France G7 Summit TrumpPresident Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi participate in a bilateral meeting at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Monday, Aug. 26, 2019. BIARRITZ, France — President Donald Trump, facing pressure to scale back a U.S.-China trade war contributing to a global economic slowdown, claimed Monday that serious talks will begin soon although another round has been expected in Washington in September.
On Monday, Trump claimed the Sunday evening conversations meant China is serious about making a deal. He said later Monday that talks also had taken place before Sunday. "This is the first time I've seen them where they really want to make a deal. And I think that's a very positive step," Trump added as he met with Egypt's president on the sidelines of the Group of Seven summit.
A Chinese delegation long had been expected to travel to Washington in September to continue talks and that remained the case after Trump's escalation Friday following China's tariff announcement. World leaders had encouraged Trump all weekend to deescalate the conflict with China, he clashed with French President Emmanuel Macron over new France's digital services tax and he broke with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in not forcefully condemning North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches.
"I spoke to President Macron yesterday and I knew everything he was doing and I approved whatever he was doing and I thought it was fine," Trump said of the Zarif talks. He said he thought it was too soon for he and Zarif to meet but wouldn't say whether any Americans had been in contact with the Iranian. The Iranian government had said it would not meet with any Americans during the eight-hour visit to France.
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