U.S. President Donald Trump evaluated the third high-level trade negotiation between the United States and China as "very successful" and hinted at a possible meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping within the year.
On the 29th (local time), President Trump, while returning to the United States on his private jet from Scotland, told reporters, "I just received a call from Scott Bessent, the Secretary of the Treasury, who said that the meeting with China went very well."
President Trump stated, "I will decide whether to approve the agreement when the negotiating team briefs me tomorrow," adding, "However, he (Bessent) said he felt very good about the meeting."
On that day, the U.S. negotiating team, led by Secretary of the Treasury Bessent, met with the Chinese negotiating team in Stockholm, Sweden, and temporarily agreed to extend the tariff reduction measures for 90 days.
President Trump also suggested the possibility of a meeting with Xi. He emphasized, "Xi and I both want to meet each other," and added, "There will be a meeting before the end of the year."
He was also reported to have mentioned the tariff rates of countries currently engaged in negotiations.
In response to a Reuters report that India could face tariffs of 20-25%, President Trump remarked, "The negotiations are not over," but noted, "It seems likely that will happen," while stating that new tariff sanctions on Russia would be imposed "10 days from today."
Earlier, President Trump had urged for peace negotiations with Russia and had set a deadline of 50 days for imposing tariff sanctions against Russia, but announced the day before on the 28th that this period would be shortened to 10-12 days.