Trump Responds To Accusation From China That US Is Threatening And Blackmailing Them To Make A Deal

During an event in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Donald Trump spoke about negotiating trade deals.

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00:00advantage of that. Okay, any other questions?

00:02One of the deals signed by your 100-day mark, and China is saying that we're threatening

00:08and blackmailing them into a deal. What would be your response?

00:11Well, I mean, China, look, I have great relationships in China, with President Xi in particular,

00:17but China has been charging us massive tariffs for many years. That's one of the reasons they

00:21were able to steal so many of our companies. They took our companies out of America,

00:26and they built their plants in China. And one of those things, so now we're reversing

00:33it, but at levels that nobody's ever seen before. No, we're going to get along great

00:38with China, I have no doubt about it. Thank you very much, everybody.

00:40Thank you, press. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.