Trump warns China not to wait to do trade deal as talks resume
US President Donald Trump took to Twitter Tuesday to warn China not to wait to do a trade deal with the US, just as negotiations began in Shanghai to resurrect stalled talks with Chinese officials.
"My team is negotiating with them now, but they always change the deal in the end to their benefit," Trump tweeted.
"China is doing very badly, worst year in 27 - was supposed to start buying our agricultural product now - no signs that they are doing so. That is the problem with China, they just don't come through." The negotiations are the first face-to-face talks since Trump agreed to a truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping at June's G20 summit.
Washington and Beijing have so far hit each other with punitive tariffs covering more than $360 billion in two-way trade.
The US economy "has become MUCH larger than the Chinese Economy is last 3 years," Trump boasted.
The US president suggested that China "should probably wait out our Election to see if we get one of the Democrat stiffs like ..