President Donald Trump defended his decision to provide a lifeline to ZTE, denying that he had ‘folded’ to Chinese demands that the administration pull back U.S. penalties.
The Washington Post and CNN have typically written false stories about our trade negotiations with China. Nothing has happened with ZTE except as it pertains to the larger trade deal. Our country has been losing hundreds of billions of dollars a year with China…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2018
…We have not seen China’s demands yet, which should be few in that previous U.S. Administrations have done so poorly in negotiating. China has seen our demands. There has been no folding as the media would love people to believe, the meetings…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2018
…haven’t even started yet! The U.S. has very little to give, because it has given so much over the years. China has much to give!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 16, 2018
The tweets appear to be an attempt to signal that the U.S. is not taking a softer stance on trade despite the ZTE decision.
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