President Donald Trump cast doubt on the future of his “phase one" trade deal with China, one of the biggest accomplishments of his first term, saying Friday that he’s struggling with Beijing in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic. “Look, I’m having a very hard time with China," Trump said in an interview on Fox & Friends. “I made a great trade deal months before this whole thing happened.
And it was kicking in, you know, a month ago and starting to kick in and starting to produce and then this happens and it sort of overrides so much." Trump’s remarks contrasted with statements from Chinese and US officials earlier in the day that followed a phone call among the country’s top trade negotiators, Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, and US