After the two leaders finally spoke, the White House said in a statement<br />that the men had “discussed numerous topics, and President Trump agreed, at the request of President Xi, to honor our One China policy.” Mr. Trump insisted on that wording, according to a person briefed on the process, because he wanted to make clear that he had made a concession to Mr. Xi.<br />“And if they do, that will be very good for China, and if they don’t, it won’t be good for anyone.”<br />The president said that he had “great respect” for the Chinese leader, but<br />that he would warn him that “we cannot continue to trade if we are going to have an unfair deal like we have right now.”<br />Shortly after winning the election, Mr. Trump said he might use the “One China” policy, under which the United States recognizes a single Chinese government in Beijing<br />and has severed its diplomatic ties with Taiwan, as a bargaining chip for greater Chinese cooperation on trade or North Korea.<br />China Learns How to Get Trump’s Ear: Through Jared Kushner -<br />By MARK LANDLERAPRIL 2, 2017<br />WASHINGTON — When President Trump welcomes President Xi Jinping of China to his palm-fringed Florida club for two days of meetings on Thursday, the studied<br />informality of the gathering will bear the handiwork of two people: China’s ambassador to Washington and Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.<br />By inviting Mr. Xi to Mar-a-Lago, Mr. Trump’s “Southern White House,” the president is conferring on him the same status as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, who spent two days in Florida, playing golf with the president<br />and responding to a crisis after North Korea tested a ballistic missile.<br />Mr. Xi does not play golf — as part of his anti-corruption campaign, he cracked down on Communist Party officials’ playing the sport — so he<br />and Mr. Trump will have to find other ways to fill the 25 hours that the Chinese president will be at the club.
