President Donald Trump said Friday he had made “fantastic trade deals” with China’s Xi Jinping, as the pair ended a superpower summit.
Trump had arrived in Beijing seeking to seal accords in sectors including agriculture, aviation and artificial intelligence, as well as to contain differences between the two sides in a number of tense geostrategic areas.
Trump’s overtures to Xi, whom he described as a “great leader” and “friend”, were met with more muted tones by the Chinese president.
But the US leader said “a lot of good” has come out of the visit.
“We’ve made some fantastic trade deals, great for both countries,” he said after a walk with Xi among the rosebushes in the gardens of Zhongnanhai, a central leadership compound next to Beijing’s Forbidden City.
“We’ve settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn’t have been able to solve,” Trump added, without providing details.
Xi said it was a “milestone visit”, and that the two sides had to date established “a new bilateral relationship, which is a relationship of constructive strategic stability”.
China Wants to Purchase Oil and Gas From USA
US President Donald Trump also said that China wants to purchase oil and gas from the United States.
“They’ve agreed they want to buy oil from the United States,” US President Donald Trump told Fox News following his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
According to Trump, Chinese energy purchases could involve supplies from Texas, Louisiana and Alaska.
