Published 07:35 IST, September 18th 2019

Trump says 'Trade deal with China before or after 2020 elections'

President Donald Trump has said that there may be a trade deal with China either before the US elections or after the presidential polls, calling it greatest

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President Donald Trump has said that re may be a tre deal with China eir before US elections or after presidential polls, asserting that deal struck after polls would be "greatest" deal ever. US and China have been locked in an escalating tre spat since early 2018, raising import tariffs on each or's goods. US President Trump has imposed tariff hikes of up to 25 percent on USD 250 billion of Chinese goods. move prompted China to increase tariffs on USD 110 billion of US goods.

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Trump says tre deal with China before 2020 elections

"I think re'll be a deal maybe soon, maybe before election, or one day after election. And if it's after election, it'll be a deal like you've never seen, it'll be greatest deal ever and China kws that. y think I'm going to win," Trump told reporters abro Air Force One. Trump said China thinks he was going to win elections and are concerned about it. "y are concerned because I told m, if it's after election, it's going to be far worse than what it is right w. I told m that. Would y like to see somebody else win? Absolutely," said US President. "It'll be greatest deal ever me and China kws that," he asserted.

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Trump on his rivals and China

two countries have been negotiating a tre deal since last vember, but without any success so far. "If it's after election, it'll be toughest deal anybody's ever h to make from standpoint of China. y kw that. China kws that. China would love to have Sleepy Joe and Elizabeth 'Pocahontas' Warren," Trump said to reporters. Trump faces re-election in vember 2020.

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US-China Tre war 

president, Chinese are are starting to buy American farm products big league. Trump has threatened punitive measures against Chinese goods if Beijing does t cut down tre deficit by USD 100 billion in a month and USD 200 billion by 2020. US says it has USD 375 billion tre deficit in USD 636 billion total tre last year. China says tre deficit is around USD 200 billion. China too threatened a tit-for-tat retaliation but blinked in end with a categorical undertaking to import more goods from US.

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tre spat between top two ecomies of world began last month with Trump imposing tariffs on steel and aluminum imports into US. China retaliated by imposing ditional tariffs worth about USD three billion on 128 US products. Trump, while demanding China to reduce USD 375 billion by USD 100 billion retaliated with USD 50 billion tariffs on Chinese products. In retaliation, China anunced plans to impose new tariffs of 25 percent worth USD 50 billion on 106 American products including items like soybeans which could hurt American farmers. two countries have t yet implemented ir tariff increase.

07:09 IST, September 18th 2019