Trump made the comment in an interview with NBC News taped on Wednesday (Feb 4) - the same day he and Xi had a wide-ranging conversation about trade, Taiwan, Russia's war in Ukraine, and the situation in Iran. "He's coming to the White House, yeah - toward the end of the year," Trump said in the interview, parts of which aired on Sunday. Since Trump returned to the White House a year ago, he has been a prolific purveyor of tariffs, unveiling sector-specific levies on steel, autos and other items as well as broader measures to achieve a variety of policy objectives.
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