05/13/20
Bài năm 2019
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China wants 4 more years of Trump because he's 'easy to read,' a former top trade official says
Yusuf Khan
Nov. 11, 2019,
One of China's former top trade officials says the country wants four more years of President Donald Trump in the White House because his personality and tweets make him "easy to read" when it comes to trade negotiations.
"We want Trump to be reelected — we would be glad to see that happen," Long Yongtu, the former vice-minister of foreign trade, said at a conference in Shenzhen on Thursday, according to the South China Morning Post.
At the event, Long discussed the trade war and how Trump's daily Twitter feed allowed China to gauge his thoughts ahead of talks.
"Trump talks about material interests, not politics," Long said, adding, "Such an opponent is the best choice for negotiations."
Just last week, China said it had a plan to roll back trade-war tariffs with the US, just as the US signaled it might be backing down on trade. Trump later denied that a tariff-rolldown agreement had been reached.
Long, known as being responsible for getting China into the World Trade Organization in 2001, has criticized China's handling of the trade war in the past, saying Beijing had not been thinking "deeply enough."
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