United States President Donald Trump said on Thursday he came up with an "excellent alternative" to a trade deal after receiving a letter from his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
"He just wrote me a beautiful letter, I just received it, and I'll probably speak to him by phone," Trump told reporters just 12 hours before new tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods are set to go into place. "We have two great alternatives, we'll see," he explained before adding "but our alternative is an excellent one."
President Trump's initial remarks were unclear on who came up with the "alternative."
Earlier, Trump told supporters at a rally in Florida he moved forward with hikes on Chinese imports because Beijing "broke the deal."
