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Trump Says No Reason To Meet Xi, Threatens 'Massive' China Tariffs

US President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2025, on his way to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to receive a medical checkup. (Credit: AFP)

US President Donald Trump said Friday he no longer feels a summit is necessary with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this month, slamming Beijing for hostile trade practices and threatening "massive" tariffs.

"Some very strange things are happening in China! They are becoming very hostile," Trump said in a long post on Truth Social that railed against China imposing export controls on rare earth minerals -- a critical component in modern technology.

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