TRUMP: CHINA HAS BEEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE UNITED STATES

 Trump said, "I’d also like to provide an update on trade negotiations.  We have a situation with China where we have a very good relationship with China, and I think we’ll maintain that relationship.  I’m very good friends with President Xi.  I have great respect for President Xi.  And as you know, I spent two days in China.  The President spent two days with us at Mar-a- Lago, in Florida.  And they were four great days.

​   With that being said, China has been taking advantage of the United States for many years, really, if you look at it since the start of the World Trade Organization.  And they have really done a number on this country.

  And I don’t blame China.  I blame the people running our country.  I blame Presidents, I blame representatives, I blame negotiators.  We should have been able to do what they did.  We didn’t do it; they did.  And it’s the most lopsided set of trade rules, regulations that anybody has ever seen.

   With that being said, we have many of them.  NAFTA was a horrible deal.  We’re renegotiating it.  We’ll see what happens.  But we’re strongly renegotiating NAFTA.  If you look at the European Union, they have tremendous barriers — trade barriers.  We, essentially, have bad deals with everyone."