{ "error": "", "type": "text", "title": "President Trump's Remarks on Trade Negotiations with China", "slug": "president-trumps-remarks-on-trade-negotiations-with-china-2", "text": "
\"Q Mr. President, there\u2019s another round of trade talks starting this week here in Washington.<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n
Q How confident are you that it will be finished by March 1? Or are you considering extending that deadline?<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: Well, they are very complex talks. They\u2019re going very well. We\u2019re asking for everything that anybody has ever even suggested. These are not just, you know, \u201clet\u2019s sell corn or let\u2019s do this.\u201d It\u2019s going to be selling corn but a lot of it \u2014 a lot more than anyone thought possible. And I think the talks are going very well \u2014 with China, you\u2019re referring to?<\/p>\n
Q Yes.<\/p>\n
THE PRESIDENT: And the talks are going very well.<\/p>\n
Our group just came back and now they\u2019re coming here. I can\u2019t tell you exactly about timing, but the date is not a magical date. A lot of things can happen.<\/p>\n
The real question will be: Will we raise the tariffs? Because they automatically kick in to 25 percent as of \u2014 on $200 billion worth of goods that they send. So I know that China would like not for that to happen. So I think they\u2019re trying to move fast so that doesn\u2019t happen. But it\u2019s \u2014 we\u2019ll see what happens.<\/p>\n
I can only say that the talks with China on trade have gone very, very well. In the meantime, our economy is very strong. We\u2019re doing well.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know if you noticed, but deficits seem to be coming down. And last month it was reported, and everybody was surprised, but I wasn\u2019t surprised. We\u2019re taking in a lot of money coming into our Treasury from tariffs and various things, including the steel dumping. And our steel companies are doing really well. Aluminum companies also. So we\u2019re very happy about that.<\/p>\n
I think that it\u2019s \u2014 they\u2019ll be coming very shortly. They\u2019re going to have very detailed discussions on subjects that have never really been even discussed by people that sat in this chair and they should have been. Very important subjects. And I think we\u2019re doing very well. Okay?\"<\/p>", "quote": null, "citation": "