Trump believes chances of reaching a trade deal with Xi Jinping are really good
The US President noted that he is going to talk with his Chinese counterpart about the synthetic opioid fentanyl, which comes from China
WASHINGTON, October 25. /TASS/. US President Donald Trump said he believes the chances of reaching a trade deal with China are really good at his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping next week.
"I think we have a really good chance of making a very comprehensive deal," he told reporters in the White House press pool aboard his plane during a refueling stop in Doha en route to Malaysia.
"I want our farmers to be taken care of, and he wants [to achieve] something also. We're going to be talking about fentanyl [the synthetic opioid], of course. You know, fentanyl is killing a lot of people, a lot of people. It comes from China, and we'll be talking about that. We'll be talking about a lot of things," Trump added.
The meeting between the leaders of the United States and China is scheduled to take place on October 30 on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the Republic of Korea.