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Trump unhappy with China’s Xi, but still plans to meet

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President Trump isn’t calling off a meeting with China’s president just yet. In a Friday social media post, the president said there didn’t seem to be a reason to meet with President Xi Jinping after China announced new trade restrictions on rare earth elements. But later, he told reporters that he’s going to be there regardless.” The two leaders have a planned meeting on an upcoming trip to South Korea. Still, the president is unhappy with his counterpart and he plans to slap an additional 100 percent tariff on Chinese imports.

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