Trump said he and the Chinese President cherish each other and the second phase of trade deal negotiations will begin soon.

"He works for China and I am for America, but besides we love each other. We have gone through a very difficult period, but now everything is better than ever." US President Donald Trump mentioned Chinese President Xi Jinping at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland today.

Trump's comments came nearly a week after the signing of the first-phase trade agreement between Washington and Beijing at the White House on January 15. Accordingly, China agreed to buy an additional US $ 200 billion of US goods and services, while at the same time strengthening protection of intellectual property rights and stabilizing the yuan. In return, the US agreed not to impose new taxes on Chinese goods and reduce some of the current levels.

"Before I was elected, China's theft had weakened trade, but nobody did anything, making things worse and worse. Under my leadership, the United States countered face this issue, "Trump said, adding that the second phase deal will enter" very quickly "negotiations.

However, shortly after the signing of the first-phase agreement, Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Liu He said starting the new round of talks immediately was "not cautious", adding that the two sides should focus on implementing. terms in the signed agreement.

The White House boss has repeatedly praised his friendship with the Chinese president, as in April 2018 he wrote on Twitter that "Xi and I will always be friends". Xi, on the other hand, rarely publicly expresses his personal feelings to Trump, though he also called the US president "my friend" at an economic forum in Russia last year.

Still, the relationship between the two leaders seems to have cooled after the trade negotiations stalled. Trump on January 15 said the two sides signed a first-phase trade deal to "jointly correct past mistakes."