Trump says he expects a "big deal" with China, but there will be more tariffs if they do not

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – President The United States, Donald Trump, said Monday night that 39; he thought that there would be "a big deal" with China on trade, but they warned that tariffs would be prepared by billions of dollars if it was not possible to seal a pact.

"I think we are going to have a good deal with China and it must be very good because they have drained our country," Trump told FOX News Channel channel program "The Ingraham Angle".

I would like to reach an agreement now, but China is not ready.

Bloomberg announced Monday that Washington is preparing to announce tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports in early December if talks between Trump and his counterpart, Xi Jinping, next month would not mitigate the war.

Trump and Xi are expected to attend the G-20 summit next month in Buenos Aires, where they could meet.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said China and the United States The United States has always been in touch with possible contacts at all levels, including a possible meeting from Xi-Trump in Argentina, although he did not specify.

If the United States is unwilling to promote cooperation with China for both parties, China is confident that it can continue its reforms and advance on its own, added Lu. [19659005] The United States has already imposed tariffs on Chinese products for $ 250 billion and China has responded by applying customs duties as a retention to € 110,000. millions of dollars.

"And I have 267,000 million dollars to wait if we can not reach an agreement," said the US president.

(Report by John Ruwitch Complementary report by Ben Blanchard in Beijing Translated by the publisher of Madrid Published by Patricio Abusleme via Mesa Santiago)