Trump: China's stance on N. Korea influences his trade policy - RTRS

The US President Donald Trump said in an interview with The New York Times late-Thursday, that he was very disappointed with China’s cooperative stance with North Korea.

Key Quotes via Reuters:

“I have been soft on China because the only thing more important to me than trade is war,” 

“Caught RED HANDED - very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea. There will never be a friendly solution to the North Korea problem if this continues to happen!”

“When I campaigned, I was very tough on China in terms of trade. They made — last year, we had a trade deficit with China of $350 billion, minimum. That doesn’t include the theft of intellectual property, O.K., which is another $300 billion.” 

“If they’re helping me with North Korea, I can look at trade a little bit differently, at least for a period of time. And that’s what I’ve been doing. But when oil is going in, I‘m not happy about that.”