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The US president earlier wrapped up a meeting with China's Xi Jinping, with Donald Trump saying the outcome was 'better than expected'
Trump heading to Seoul to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in later on Saturday



Trade war

Donald Trump

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Welcome to our live coverage of Donald Trump’s press conference from Osaka, Japan after the US president earlier met with Chines counterpart Xi Jinping. 
 
Trump said the outcome was “better than expected”, while the Chinese side confirmed that the United States has agreed not to impose any further tariffs on its goods.
 



Welcome

Donald Trump also met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan…

And attended a event on women's empowerment with his daughter, Ivanka



Busy day for Trump

The US president was expected at 2.23pm (Hong Kong time)


Trump officially late

While we are waiting ...
 
What is Ivanka doing in the meetings with India and China? https://t.co/FSdiFJKc1e
— Ananth Krishnan (@ananthkrishnan) June 29, 2019
 


Ivanka Trump 

Re-cap of Trump-Xi meeting


Chinese official CCTV has said that Donald Trump and Xi Jinping agreed on a trade war truce, under which the US would not implement tariffs of up to 25 per cent on US$300 billion of Chinese -- virtually all the Chinese goods not now subject to tariffs -- while trade negotiations to end the trade conflict would resume.  This confirms the exclusive story from the South China Morning Post and POLITICO published on Thursday.  
 


US-China trade truce in line with SCMP-Politico exclusive


Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump wrapped up their high-stakes summit at the G20 in Osaka, Japan, earlier with the American leader saying the outcome was “better than expected”, and China saying the US has agreed not to impose any further tariffs on its goods.
The closed-door meeting lasted 80 minutes, 10 minutes less than had been scheduled.
When asked about the talks, Trump said it was a “very, very good meeting, better than expected”.
“We’re right back on track,” he said, without elaborating. The two sides are expected to put out more detailed statements later.
Read the full story here. 


'We’re right back on track'

We are hearing from reporters in the room in Osaka that Donald Trump will arrive soon. 


Starting soon ...

Trump arrives

US president Donald Trump has started his press conference 


Trump starts press conference

The US president begins by praising the 2019 G20 summit and thanks Japan for hosting the event. 
He will head to South Korea next to meet with President Moon Jae-in, and maybe North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
After some very important meetings, including my meeting with President Xi of China, I will be leaving Japan for South Korea (with President Moon). While there, if Chairman Kim of North Korea sees this, I would meet him at the Border/DMZ just to shake his hand and say Hello(?)!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 28, 2019


Trump delighted with G20

Donald Trump always uses superlative in his speech. This time, he said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hosted the G20 summit beautifully.
On North Korea, he said the North has not fired nuclear and missiles, and released American kept in the North.


Opening remarks

Donald Trump confirms he had dinner with Xi Jinping on Friday evening.
Trump says that the US will not be lifting tariffs on China for the time being, nor will the US impose new tariffs on China. 


Trump on China

The Chinese delegation is also holding a press conference as Donald Trump is addressing the press.
Wang Xiaolong, the special envoy of G20 affairs of the Foreign Ministry and Director General of the Department of International Economic Affairs, says the world economy is facing downward pressure because of unilateralism, which is hitting the trade system.
Wang says the G20 summit has restored confidence in the international community on multilateralism. The G20 summit has sent a positive signal to maintain the stability of world economy.


China holding press conference at the same time


Trump confirmed that the US would not deploy new tariffs on Chinese imports "at least for the time being" while the US and China resume negotiations to end the trade war
 


Trump confirms he will not put new tariffs on Chinese imports

Trump confirms China is going to buy a tremendous amount of goods from the United States. 
He says that the US will give China a list of goods Washington wants Beijing to buy. 


'China will buy tremendous amount of farm products soon'

Trump said that the US economy is now "the hottest show in town" 


Trump trumpets US economy

Trump says may or may not see North Korean leader Kim Jung-un this weekend. 


Trump on possible meeting with Kim


Donald Trump says that US companies can continue to sell to Huawei.
The Chinese telecommunications company has been placed on a US blacklist, meaning US companies could not sell them products. 


Trump says US companies to continue to sell to Huawei


"We discussed a lot of things. We discussed Huawei. One thing I will allow is that a lot of people are surprised that we sell to Huawei a tremendous amount of products that go to various products they.
"And I said that is OK. We are going to continue selling those products.
"These are American companies producing the products. This is complex ... highly scientific. We are the only one with the technology. I have agreed to allow them to continue selling the products."
 


'We have agreed to allow US companies to continue selling products to Huawei'


Donald Trump says he and Chinese president Xi Jinping did not discuss the case involving Huawei chief financial officer Sabrina Meng. 
Meng is currently imprisoned in Canada awaiting a hearing after the US requested to extradite her for trial on allegations she violated US sanctions against Iran. 


Trump says he and Xi did not discuss Huawei CFO

Asked if he was thinking of pulling of the bilateral security pact with Japan, Trump said he is "not thinking about that at all."
He then went on to call the treaty "unfair" because it obliges the US to help Japan if it is attacked, but does not oblige Japan to help the US if it is attacked. 
 


Trump says he is not thinking of pulling out of Japan security pact


Trump blasted former US president Jimmy Carter, who said on Friday that Trump's presidency was illegitimate because he won with help from Russia. 
Trump said he won because of himself, not any Russian help. 


Trump blasts Jimmy Carter comments


Trump says he has a "tremendous" relationship with Chinese president Xi Jinping. 
He calls Xi "a brillant leader and a brilliant man" who is probably one of the greatest Chinese leader "in the last 200 years." 


Trump says he has great relationship with Xi


Trump charged that China had used US farmers as trade war "pawns." He said the farmers don't want money, they "want a level playing field."  


Trump says China used farmers as trade war pawn

Wang Xiaolong, the special envoy of G20 affairs of the Foreign Ministry and Director General of the Department of International Economic Affairs, was asked if the US has lifted its restriction on Huawei. He is holding a press conference at the same time as Trump. 
Wang said he is not involved in the meeting and did not have much to share.

But he added: "We will welcome it if they can do what they have said. Huawei is a private company and its technology is at pioneering position".


China yet to confirm Huawei deal


Trump says that a handshake with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "could happen tomorrow". Trump said he gets along with Kim, who follows his tweets. 


Trump on North Korea's Kim

Wang Xiaolong, the special envoy of G20 affairs of the Foreign Ministry and Director General of the Department of International Economic Affairs, says the consensus between China and the US can help pushing reform of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).

The reform of the WTO is good for the two nations to properly settle their relationship, he says at a press conference taking place at the same time as Trump. 


China on WTO reforms


"I like our companies selling things to others ... very complex things. These are not things easy to make ... our companies were very upset, but we are allowing them. So if it is not national security issue, we are allowing them to sell. 
"We agree to leave that to the end. Huawei is a complicated situation.
"We are leaving Huawei towards the end. We are going to see what we go with the trade agreement."


'We are leaving Huawei towards the end'


Trump defended his decision not to attack Iran after it shot down an unarmed US surveillance drone.
He said he called off the strike he had ordered earlier because he feared it would kill up 150 Iranians. 


Trump defends decision not to attack Iran


Trump says that during his talk with Russian president Vladimir Putin, he repeatedly denied that his country had meddled in the 2016 US presidential election. 
 


Putin denied meddling in US election


Trump says he would continue to work for a Middle East peace deal, saying he thought leaders in the region wanted a deal. But he admits that it will be "the toughest deal" to negotiate.
 
 


Trump says he will keep trying for Middle East peace deal


Donald Trump asks the assembled media if they want him to continue, no one objects. On we go. 


Press conference to continue


Trump says he will have a meeting Tuesday about talking Huawei off the Commerce Deparatment's entities list, which requires US companies to get prior approval before selling components to the Chinese company.
Trump notes that he already lifted sanctions on Chinese technology firm ZTE after Chinese President Xi Jinping called and asked him to and after ZTE paid a US$1.2 billion fine and reshuffled its board of directors.  


Trump says meeting on Huawei will take place on Tuesday


Trump says he is not ignoring climate change but he is unwilling to sacrifice the tremendous economic power the US has built up over decades 
 


Trump on climate change


Trump says the US cannot allow Iran to have nuclear weapons. He did not elaborate on how he would prevent that. 


Trump says he cannot allow Iran to have nuclear weapons


He says he has to leave for Seoul, and keeps asking journalists if they want the press conference to go on.
"Are we going to continue?....Anybody say no?". And when a journalist says he wants to ask two questions on Iran, Trump says, "One".


Trump is getting impatient


Trump says that it is "heartbreaking" to look at what is now happening in Venezuela and the country could become "a ghost town". 
Venezuela is a "disaster" and "that's what Socialism can do." 


Trump says heartbreaking to look at Venezuela

Trump said the US companies are making billions and billions dollar from the equipments they sold to Huawei. But national security is his paramount concern.
Regarding whether or not to take Huawei off the entity list, Trump said "We have a meeting on that tomorrow or Tuesday".
"I took ZTE off, if you remember. That was a personal deal. President Xi called me and asked me for a personal favor, which I considered very important. His is a leader of a major country... And there are 85,000 employees who were out of business. And he agreed to pay US$1.2 billion penalties and other things including management changes."


Trump to discuss with the Commerce Department on whether or not to take Huawei off the "entity list"


Trump said he brought up the killing of Washington Post reporter Jamal Khashoggi in his meeting with Saudi crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman earlier today. He also said Saudi Arabia has come "a long way" in reforming its society, noting woman can now drive. 


Trump brought up Khashoggi with Saudi prince


Trump says that China and the US can be "strategic partners" rather than competitors.
Trump says the US is open to China but China is not open to the US.
Trump also said the decision on whether to remove Huawei for the Commerce Department's entities list would be left to a later time.  
 


Trump says US and China should be 'strategic partners'


After just over an hour, it is time for Donald Trump to leave. 
He has a flight to catch to Seoul. 


That is all from Trump


Trump was not asked about the Hong Kong protests during his hour-long press conference. 


Trump not asked about Hong Kong protests during press conference

We will continue to wrap up Donald Trump's press conference, but if you missed any of it, you can watch the video here. (Although you might want to skip the first 20-30 minutes as the US president was late)



Missed anything?



Trump confirmed he has agreed with Chinese president Xi Jinping that the US will not implement new tariffs on US$300 billion of Chinese imports "at least for the time being" and that negotiations to end their year-long trade war would resume.
Trump said that US companies could sell to Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei again as long as the sales did not involve equipment that threatened US national security. This effectively ends the current ban on US company sales to Huawei. However, Trump said the decision on whether to take Huawei off the Commerce Department's entities list would be left to later, adding he will have a meeting on Tuesday on the subject. "We are leaving Huawei towards the end. We are seeing what goes with the trade agreement," suggesting that fully lifting the ban on Huawei would rest on a deal to end the trade war. 
Trump said he and Xi did not discuss the case of Sabrina Meng, the Huawei chief financial officer who is imprisoned in Canada awaiting a hearing on whether she will be extradited to the US on charges she violated American sanctions against Iran. 
China and the US can be "strategic partners," Trump said. However, the US is open to China but China is not open to the US. 
Trump said China had agreed to buy a "tremendous" amount of US goods to reduce the trade imbalance. The US will give China a list of the goods it wants China to buy. 
He said he had a "tremendous" relationship with Xi, calling Xi "a brilliant leader and brilliant man" who is one of the best leaders China has had in the last 200 years. 
Trump said he may or may not meet North Korean leader Kim Jung-un during the president's visit to South Korea starting later on Saturday. Trump said he could shake hands with Kim as soon as Sunday.
Trump said he is not thinking at all about pulling out of the security pact with Japan, although he called that treaty unfair because it does not oblige Japan to come to the aid of America if the US is attacked. 



As it happened: Donald Trump confirms US companies can continue to sell to Huawei during G20 press conference

The US president earlier wrapped up a meeting with China's Xi Jinping, with Donald Trump saying the outcome was 'better than expected' Trump heading to Seoul to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in later on Saturday

The US president earlier wrapped up a meeting with China's Xi Jinping, with Donald Trump saying the outcome was 'better than expected'

Trump heading to Seoul to meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in later on Saturday