Trump reveals which US rival will be his first phone call if re-elected
'100% he will buy it,' Trump says of President Xi of a trade deal
By Emma Colton Fox News
Published September 23, 2024 6:14pm EDT
Former President Donald Trump said Monday afternoon that his "first call" if re-elected to the Oval Office will be made to Chinese President Xi Jinping to enforce a trade deal from the end of his tenure as 45th president.
"My first call, I'm going to call up President Xi. I'm going to say, 'You have to honor the deal you made. We made a deal. You'd buy $50 billion worth of American farm product.' And I guarantee you he will buy it. 100% he will buy it," Trump said Monday during a campaign event in Smithton, Pennsylvania.
Trump struck a trade deal with China in 2020 that included Beijing's commitment to halt intellectual property theft, refrain from currency manipulation, cooperate in financial services and purchase an additional $200 billion of U.S. products over two years, including up to $50 billion of U.S. agriculture.
In return, the U.S. vowed to reduce tariffs on some products made in China, but keep duties the White House has imposed on $375 billion worth of merchandise.
The deal was dubbed the "phase one" trade agreement and came amid the U.S. and China's 18-month trade war.
"Biden and Harris, they're never going to enforce anything… That group is a disaster. It's a disaster for our country in so many ways, but certainly the farmers are one of those ways," Trump said of the current administration and the deal.
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