'I'm not interested': Donald Trump rules out renegotiating trade deal with China

Donald Trump has responded to reports suggesting China is looking to reopen trade talks with the US, telling a media briefing he was "not even a little bit" interested in going back to the table.

US President Donald Trump has unloaded on former president Barack Obama.

US President Donald Trump has unloaded on former president Barack Obama. Source: AAP

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ruled out renegotiating the trade agreement signed with China.

"I'm not interested in that," Mr Trump told media when asked about reports that China was looking to reopen talks about .
"Not even a little bit," he said. "We signed a deal... they'd like to re-open the trade talks to make it a better deal for them.

"Let's see if they live up to the deal that they signed."

Washington and Beijing reached a partial trade deal in January.
As recently as Friday Vice Premier Liu He, who had led China's negotiations, spoke by phone with US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and confirmed that both sides agreed to implementing the first phase of the deal.

Under the agreement, the Trump administration agreed to postpone any further tariff increases, while China promised to increase by $200 billion over two years their purchases of US products compared to the level of 2017.

Since the deal was reached,  and threatened fresh tariffs.
The Trump administration has accused China of taking too long to warn the world about the epidemic, and therefore to blame for the virus spreading around the world and triggering the global economic crisis.


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Published 12 May 2020 7:57am
Updated 12 May 2020 8:00am
Source: AFP, SBS


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