Palm Beach: President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping wrapped up their first summit by announcing a 100-day plan to improve strained trade ties, the only tangible announcement after their meetings that were overshadowed by the US military strikes in Syria.
Trump aides, who participated in the two-day talks held at the US President’s Mar-a-Lago resort, described the meetings as productive and said the two leaders exhibited “positive” chemistry.
Commerce secretary Wilbur Ross said the two sides agreed to speed up trade talks to help close a lopsided imbalance in China’s favour, a common campaign-trail complaint of Mr Trump.
During the meetings, Mr Trump highlighted the challenges caused by the Chinese government intervention in its economy and raised serious concerns about the impact of China’s industrial, agricultural, technology and cyber policies on America’s jobs and exports, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said.
Secretary of state Rex Tillerson said the two nations “agreed to increase cooperation and work with the international community to convince North Korea to peacefully resolve the issue and abandon its weapons programmes.
