Michael Pillsbury, a leading adviser to Trump on China issues, told Fox that Trump is “essentially giving the Chinese one last chance next week, and then perhaps … a short extension”, referring to the next round of trade negotiation in Washington this week. He pointed out, “notice how the president always refers to the tariffs as bringing in revenue, billions of dollars of revenue to us,” and “so he is not somebody who’s anti-tariff.”
Pillsbury also said “this coming week’s going to be awfully important, when the Chinese come here at the working level.” And, “We’re going to try to find out, I think, what will be in this memorandum of understanding,” he said, “whether it will “have enforcement and time limits and … be tough” or just “be a cosmetic agreement.”
Trump on the weekend tweeted “Important meetings and calls on China Trade Deal, and more, today with my staff. Big progress being made on soooo many different fronts! Our Country has such fantastic potential for future growth and greatness on an even higher level!”
Chinese delegation with travel to the US this week to work towards a memorandum of understanding, which should form the framework of a trade agreement, to be finalized through a Trump-Xi summit.
