The US President Donald trump said at a briefing to reporters in the oval office of the White house that he intends to hold personal meetings with the leader of China XI Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in the framework of the G-20 summit, which will be held in June in Japan.
The statement followed the announcement by China’s response to the increase in the United States of duties on the import of Chinese goods. Beijing imposed additional duties on the import of 5 thousand names of American goods, including liquefied natural gas. The US stock markets reacted with a marked decrease. The Dow Jones fell by 2.52%, the S&P 500 and NASDAQ, respectively, of 2.51 and 3.28 per cent. This is like a real trade war between major economies of the world that concern markets, corporations and governments of many countries.
U.S.-China negotiations in respect of bilateral Declaration of duties also stopped, but perhaps a personal meeting with trump XI Jinping will allow you to find some possibilities of their renewal. Also great interest was aroused by the prospect of personal trump’s conversation with Putin.
Russian political analyst Gleb Pavlovsky
On the background of intensification of contacts White house to the Kremlin (last week trump almost an hour to speak to Putin by phone, and tomorrow will meet US Secretary of state Mike Pompeo with Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov in Sochi), any talk about, supposedly, a possible warming of relations and a partnership of the US and Russia «against China». This partnership, among other things, would allow to resolve the crisis in Eastern Ukraine. However, the well-known Russian political analyst Gleb Pavlovsky commented on the USA.one of these hopes is skeptical, saying that «no thaw between Russia and the United States before the election impossible.» Apparently the negotiations Pompeo in Sochi and the future of trump meeting with Putin will discuss local topics Venezuela, Ukraine, North Korea and the nuclear agreement, without the comprehensive strategic discussion.
