• Today President Trump answered some questions from reporters and unsurprisingly he was asked about the prospects for a trade deal with China, Bloomberg reports
• The President told reporters “It’s me that is holding up the deal”
• Trump added, “Right now China wants to make a deal very badly,” a statement he has made previously
• President Trump said he expects to meet with China’s President Xi at the G-20 Summit later this month

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• China has yet to confirm that Xi will in fact attend, though most doubt he will miss it
• A meeting with President Trump is not assured, however
• Xi must decide whether to meet a potentially appear weak for having caved or rebuff President Trump to show that China will not be bullied by the US as nationalism grows at home
• President Trump concluded by saying, “We had a deal with China and then they went back on the deal, and unless they go back to the deal, I have no interest.”