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Next Round of US-China Trade Talks in Doubt

Steve Heman

   WHITE HOUSE - The next round of trade talks between the United States
   and China might not happen, President Donald Trump told reporters
   Friday.

   Asked by VOA if he would cancel the talks scheduled to be held in
   Washington, Trump replied, "Maybe," acknowledging the discussions are
   set for next month but "whether or not they're canceled, we'll see."

   The president began a 30-minute question-and-answer session with
   journalists on the White House South Lawnby declaring, "We're not ready
   to make a deal" with China amid an escalating trade war, after the
   previous round of talks broke down in Shanghai last week.

   "We have no choice but to do what we're doing," Trump said of two
   rounds of punitive tariffs he has imposed on China.

   "As of this moment, they're having the worst year they've had in many,
   many years," he said of China.

   "We have all the cards," he added.

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