Despite the trade dispute, Trump said Xi is a friend of his. “I used to say he’s a good friend of mine, probably not quite as close now,” Trump told reporters Monday at the White House. “But I have to be for our country. He’s for China and I’m for the U.S.A., and that’s the way it’s gotta be.”
Mnuchin also said he’s “hopeful” that Congress will approve the USMCA, the successor to the North American Free Trade Agreement. Trump said on Monday that if Democrats block the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement he will resort to “Plan B,” without elaborating.
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