POTUS (President of the United States) Donald Trump said that it is good to have relationships and ties with strong countries like India, Japan, Russia, and China. He said this as he expressed hope to reach a trade deal with Beijing.

President Trump also added that the US is doing pretty well with China before he left the White House for Louisiana for a Farmers Event.

POTUS Donald Trump said: “I have a great relationship with President Xi Jinping because it’s good to have relationships with Russia, China, Japan and India and I have relationships with almost everybody.”

He added: “I think that we are going to be able to do a deal with China. We are, I can tell you, we are getting things that, before I became president, you would’ve had no chance at getting. They would have laughed at your president’s face.”

Both The United States and China have raised import tariffs on more than $300 Billion (USD) of each other’s goods.

Officials of the United States were in China last week for trade talks and hope to resolve the on-going trade dispute. Both Chinese Leader Xi Jinping and POTUS Trump agreed to a 3-month truce.

The next negotiations are going to be held in Washington, USA on the dates of January 30 and 31. Both have agreed to set March 1 as their deadline to stop all the trade tensions.

POTUS said: “We’re doing very well with our economy. We are at records. Our unemployment numbers just hit a record, another record. We’re doing extremely well as a country. We’re doing better than any country right now anywhere in the world. China wants to negotiate.”