Trump says China trade deal ‘done,’ but subject to ‘final approval’
HONG KONG and LONDON — President Donald Trump said a trade deal with China “is done, subject to final approval.”
“Our deal with China is done, subject to final approval with President Xi and me,” Trump said on Truth Social, saying that the relationship was “excellent.”
He added, “Full magnets and any necessary rare earths, will be supplied, up front, by China. Likewise, we will provide to China what was agreed to, including Chinese students using our colleges and universities (which has always been good with me!).”
Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick answers questions from the media as he returns to Lancaster House, on the second day scheduled for trade talks between the U.S. and China, in London, Britain, June 10, 2025.
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Chinese state media had earlier Wednesday reported that the countries had agreed to a trade “framework” during talks in London. Further details weren’t immediately released, although U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick late on Tuesday referred to it as a “handshake for a framework.”
Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping will now have to approve the framework, Lutnick said. That step would appear to mean there were some concessions that both leaders did not give their negotiating teams authority to negotiate away.
“Once that’s done, we will be back on the phone together and we will begin to implement this agreement,” Lutnick said. “The two largest economies in the world have reached a handshake for framework.”
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng leaves Lancaster House, on the second day scheduled for trade talks between the U.S. and China, in London, Britain, June 10, 2025.
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The two days of talks in London followed the first round of talks in Geneva and a phone call between Trump and Xi, all of which followed Trump’s implementation of higher tariffs on Chinese imports.
Vice Premier He Lifeng, the leader of China’s delegation, told Xinhua News Agency, a state-affiliated wire service, that disputes between the world’s two leading economic powerhouses should be resolved through “equal dialogue and mutually beneficial cooperation.”
Media members stand outside the Lancaster House, on the second day scheduled for trade talks between the U.S. and China, in London, Britain, June 10, 2025.
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In a Chinese-language story, He employed slightly stronger language, lecturing the American delegation.
“There is no winner in a trade war,” He reportedly said. “China is unwilling to fight, but it is not afraid of fighting.”
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