President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday that he won't meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping before March 1, the deadline for the 90-day trade war ceasefire the two leaders agreed to in December.
President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Thursday that he won't meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping before March 1, the deadline for the 90-day trade war ceasefire the two leaders agreed to in December.
The big picture: U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin will travel to Beijing next week for another round of trade talks, Bloomberg reports. If a deal is not struck by the end of the month, Trump has said he will raise tariff rates on $200 million worth of Chinese goods from 10% to 25%.