Trump has swallowed his own words! The United States made an important announcement! On October 24, according to AFP, the White House made an important announcement regarding Trump's schedule. The U.S. side claimed that Trump will embark on an Asian trip this weekend, including Malaysia, Japan and South Korea. The White House said that Trump will leave Washington on Friday, and is expected to arrive in Malaysia on Sunday, attending the ASEAN Summit held from October 26 to 28.
Subsequently, Trump will go to Japan on October 28 and meet with Japan's first female Prime Minister, Asako Kishida. On October 29, Trump will arrive in Gyeongju, South Korea, to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit. The White House confirmed that Trump will hold bilateral talks with China during the summit. Obviously, Trump had just stated that the meeting with China in South Korea was not necessarily going to happen, but with the release of this schedule, it clearly shows that Trump has swallowed his own words again.
On one hand, the United States keeps spreading news about a Sino-U.S. summit, while on the other hand, we have never confirmed it. What does this mean? This means that the United States is trying to pressure us by using the meeting as a bargaining chip, which is completely useless. In fact, our negotiators are currently in Malaysia conducting the fifth round of negotiations with U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and at this very moment, Trump's schedule has been exposed. From the timing, this is indeed a bit suspicious.
This seems to indicate from the side that some communication before the Sino-U.S. negotiations is going well, and both sides still have consensus on some major principle issues. The U.S. is optimistic about the progress of the negotiations. If there are significant differences in the Sino-U.S. trade negotiations and the two sides cannot reach an agreement, Trump, who is very concerned about the Sino-U.S. reaching a substantive agreement and facing great domestic pressure in the United States, would certainly be very angry with us and make unpredictable actions. Therefore, we also have reason to believe that this time Sino-U.S. negotiations may make good progress.
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