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'Not interested in talking to China': Donald Trump on Phase 2 of trade deal

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed the Phase One deal in January

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington. Photo: PTI
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For months, Trump has blamed China for sending the coronavirus to the United States, saying that China must be held accountable.

Agencies Washington
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is not interested in talking to China regarding Phase Two of the trade deal.

"I'm not interested right now in talking to China," Trump said in an interview with CBS News. "We made a great trade deal. But as soon as the deal was done, the ink wasn't even dry and they hit us with the plague."

Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed the Phase One deal in January. The two sides described the pact as a first-phase agreement, to be followed by new negotiations toward a more expansive deal in a