The Epoch Times By Eva Fu
President Donald Trump will speak with the Chinese leader Xi Jinping in the next few days, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Feb. 3.
The call arrangement was announced shortly after the United States escalated tariffs on China, citing concerns about the influx of fentanyl-related chemicals from the country.
Leavitt said in the news briefing that it would happen “in the next couple of days.” Few details are available regarding the call.
On Feb. 1, Trump signed several orders to impose an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports, along with a 25 percent levy on Mexico and Canada, an act the White House said was necessary to hold the countries “accountable for their promises to halt the flood of poisonous drugs into the United States.”
The president on Feb. 3 defended the orders, pointing to Colombia as an example of the effectiveness of tariffs as a negotiation tool. The Colombian authorities had initially refused to accept U.S. military deportation flights but backed down under the threat of tariffs and sanctions on the country.
Without tariffs, Trump said, the two countries wouldn’t have reached a solution so quickly…
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