Trump says China’s Xi ‘hard to make a deal with’ amid trade dispute

Trump did not specify which provisions in the May tariffs deal with China were violated, but US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer was later quoted by media as saying Beijing had failed to remove non-tariff barriers levied against US goods, as agreed under the deal [File: Jim Watson and Peter Klaunzer/AFP]

United States President Donald Trump has said his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, is tough and “extremely hard to make a deal with”, days after he accused China of violating an agreement to roll back tariffs and trade restrictions.

“I like President Xi of China, always have, and always will, but he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH,” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social online platform on Wednesday, amid growing tensions between the two nations over their tariff truce.