Reportedly lied about trade negotiations with China: This is very bad
By JORDAN WEISSMANN
AUG 30, 2019 5:05 PM
... At this week’s G-7 meeting, Donald Trump offered the world an unexpected glimmer of hope that maybe, just maybe, the U.S. and China might be making some progress ironing out their differences on trade. “China called last night our top trade people and said ‘let’s get back to the table,’ so we will be getting back to the table and I think they want to do something,” he said. “They have been hurt very badly but they understand this is the right thing to do and I have great respect for it. This is a very positive development for the world.”
“I think we are going to have a deal,” he added.
But things soon turned murky. A spokesman from China’s foreign ministry said he was not aware that any phone calls had taken place. And by Thursday, CNN was reporting that, yeah, the president had basically made the whole thing up ...
... It will be a serious problem, however, in a real crisis where the administration needs to assure the world that it is, say, taking steps to halt a financial panic (see: 2008) or has a plan to deal with a dangerous international incident ...
https://slate.com/business/2019/08/trump-phone-call-china-trade.html
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