The returning US leader also wants more money from Nato members, threatened Canada tariffs and talked about the AI race with China.
President Donald Trump repeated false claims about the US trade relationship with Canada and Europe in virtual Thursday remarks to the World Economic Forum in Davos. He also delivered a smattering of other misstatements and exaggerations about trade,
Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang met with global finance and business leaders including Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio and JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon during a private lunch in Davos on Tuesday.
China is not seeking a trade surplus and is willing to import more competitive and high-quality products and services to balance trade, Ding Xuexiang, the country's vice premier, said on Tuesday.
The president's remarks follow an announcement by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince that the kingdom will invest $600 billion in the US.
The President's first international address of his second term will take place virtually at the World Economic Forum.
U.S. President Donald Trump said his conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping last week was friendly and he thought he could reach a trade deal with China. The leaders of the world's two biggest economies discussed issues including TikTok,
"We actually no longer call it EV. We call it EIV. 'I' stands for intelligent," Pan Jian, a cochair of CATL, told a WEF panel in Davos, Switzerland.
Addressing the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, via video from the White House, Trump described a “very good” relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying the two countries needed only to make their trade relationship “fair”,
This year’s Davos meeting is themed "Collaboration for the Intelligent Age." The event has brought together nearly 3,000 leaders from over 130 countries. It's expected to address global challenges and explore emerging opportunities.