Washington and Beijing have had tense ties for years over issues such as trade tariffs, intellectual property, human rights
\n JOINT BASE ANDREWS
\nUS President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he thinks China can open its markets to American goods, once again asserting he has a good relationship with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
\n\u201cI think it\u2019s going to happen,\u201d Trump said when asked if he thinks Chinese markets could open to US goods. He did not elaborate.
\nWashington and Beijing have had tense ties for years over issues such as trade tariffs, intellectual property, human rights, the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, cyber security and policies towards Taiwan, Hong Kong and Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine.
\nA day earlier, Trump threatened to slap a 25% tariff on countries that trade with Iran, risking reopening old wounds with Beijing, Tehran\u2019s biggest trading partner.
\nChina condemned Trump\u2019s threat, and Trump did not provide details on his plan to impose tariffs on countries conducting trade with Iran, which is currently seeing some of its biggest anti-government demonstrations in years.
\nTrump has been weighing how to respond to the situation in Iran, which fought a 12-day war with US ally Israel last year and whose nuclear sites were bombed by the American military in June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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