(Washington) Donald Trump warned China on Tuesday against the temptation to play the clock in trade negotiations in the hope that the US president will not be re-elected in 2020.
"Think about what would happen to China if I won," he said in a tweet. "The terms of the agreement would be MUCH BETTER! He threatened, predicting by then a hemorrhaging of jobs and businesses in China.
The White House guest at the same time assured that "the negotiations with China are going well," although new tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese products came into effect on Sunday.
"Although I'm sure they'd love to negotiate with a new administration to continue to" scam the US "($ 600 billion a year), more than 16 months is a long time to suffer hemorrhaging jobs and businesses in the long run, "he said.
The statements came as US Republican senators were in China, where they met Chinese chief negotiator Liu He, a close associate of President Xi Jinping.
Liu He, Deputy Prime Minister, met on Tuesday with a delegation of the US-China "Working Group US Senate" led by Presidents Steve Daines and David Perdue, the official China News Agency reported.
US officials have recalled the importance of US-China relations and expressed their opposition to economic and trade conflicts between the two countries. They also stressed their willingness to continue playing "a positive role" to promote a harmonious development of bilateral relations.
China announced Monday it filed a complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO), the day after the entry into force of US tariffs strengthened.
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