Tiktok, who has until Wednesday to get rid of his assets in the US, was one of the topics discussed between US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Chinese vice-president
The president of the United States, said on Sunday (14), that the country’s negotiations with China, which take place in Spain, “are doing well.” “A is paying a lot in tariffs,” Trump told reporters today.
He added that the two nations are still talking about Tiktok. The Chinese social network-which has until Wednesday as a deadline to get rid of its assets in the US-was one of the topics discussed at a meeting on Sunday in Madrid between US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and Chinese vice-prime minister He Lifeng, as well as the commercial impasse between Washington in Beijing.
Still on commercial issues, the president said that Europe is still importing oil from Russia, which shows that the sanctions imposed on Moscow are not hard enough. “I am willing to implement sanctions, but they [Europa] They will have to harden their sanctions according to what I’m doing, ”he said.
Venezuela
Asked about growing tensions with Venezuela, Trump said he “doesn’t like” what Venezuela sends to the US, whether her drugs or gang members. “We don’t like it; we don’t like it at all,” he said.
Recently, the Trump government has intensified its US military presence in the southern Caribbean as part of what it considers a repression of drug traffickers.
Gaza
Trump also quickly commented on the conflict in Gaza amid the visit of the US Secretary of State, and a movement of Arab and Muslim leaders to repel the attack of the Israeli government in Doha, Qatar. According to the president, Qatar has been “a great ally” for the United States.
*With information from Estadão Content
Posted by Carol Santos
