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Cnn newsroom starts right now. 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. Thanks for being with us. The president is gearing up for the meeting with kim jongun. But much ahead of that trip has been on china and the issue of tariffs. President trump is tweeting that he is delaying a hike in tariffs in china, as progress is being reported in the trade talks. Heres what mr. Trump said sunday about a potential trade deal. Listen. If it all works well, well have big news over the next week or two. And its really been terrific. I tell you, that whole relationship has been outstanding. We put ourselves into a position of strength, for the first time in about 35 years or probably a lot more than that. China is great. We want to make a deal for both countries and thats what were doing. Lets look to the markets. Modest gains across asia. In shanghai, stocks have surged. President trump says on twitter he hopes to finalize a trade deal with a u. S. Summit if there is more progress. Our steven jong is fo ....
These trade talks. Heres what mr. Trump had to say on sunday about a potential trade deal. Listen. If all works well were going to have some very big news over the next week or two. And its really been terrific. I tell you, that whole relationship has been outstanding. We put ourselves into a position of strength for the first time in about 35 years or probably a lot more than that. But chinas been terrific. We want to make a deal thats great for both countries, and thats really what were going to be doing. And now a look to the markets across asia. Modest gains. They seem happy there. That news of President Trump saying on twitter that he hopes to finalize a trade deal with a u. S. China summit. That is, if there is more progress. Lets get the latest live in the capital of china. Our steven jong following the story. Given the little we heard about these talks before this particular moment, the delay is significant, it seems. It ....
China is great. we want to make a deal for both countries and that s what we re doing. let s look to the markets. modest gains across asia. in shanghai, stocks have surged. president trump says on twitter he hopes to finalize a trade deal with a u.s. summit if there is more progress. our steven jong is following the story this day. given the little we have heard about, regarding progress of these talks, the delay of the deadline seems quite significant. reporter: that s right, george. not entirely surprising that mr. trump had been hinting that march was not a magical date. investors here in asia-pacific have responded positively to the news. and i think mr. trump hopes that u.s. investors will follow suit because the volatility caused by the uncertainty brought by the trade war is one of mr. trump s ....
Issues addressed by both sides in the latest round of talks. these are long-running disputes in terms of economic structural issues in china. we are talking about intellectual property theft, state subsidies and key industries as far as forced transfer of foreign technologies. all these issues long resisted by the chinese in terms of meeting u.s. demands to see changes. but at least now they re talking about these issues and according to mr. trump they re making substantial progress and the extension of the deadline of course will give negotiators more time, some breathing room to really hash out the details in the coming weeks even though it s going to remain a very tall order given the wide gap between the two sides. steven jong, we ll continue to follow it. thank you. in the coming hours the u.s. president will leave washington, d.c. headed to vietnam, where he is again set to hold his second summit with the north korean leader kim jong un. mr. trump says he now sees eye to eye wi ....