President Trump said Wednesday he is considering a “different structure” for reaching a trade deal with China.
“Our Trade Deal with China is moving along nicely, but in the end we will probably have to use a different structure in that this will be too hard to get done and to verify results after completion,” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning.
Our Trade Deal with China is moving along nicely, but in the end we will probably have to use a different structure in that this will be too hard to get done and to verify results after completion.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2018
Trump is in ongoing negotiations with Chinese President Xi Jinping to create what he says will be a more fair trade deal between the two countries. The talks are the result of Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion worth of Chinese goods.
Trump dropped that threat over the weekend, and the two sides seem to be looking at ways to reduce China’s trade surplus with the United States.
But Trump didn’t clarify further what a “different structure” would look like, except to say that the U.S. needs some way to “verify results.”
