Donald Trump ‘optimistic’ about securing historic deal with China – hours after Beijing mocked his tariffs

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THE White House last night said Donald Trump was “optimistic” of striking a deal with China. Yet just hours earlier, Beijing had mocked his tariff tactics as a “joke”. 2 The White House last night said Donald Trump was 'optimistic' of striking a deal with China - despite the superpower mocking his tariffs just hours earlier Credit: Getty 2 President Xi Jinping has previously branded Trump’s tactics 'unilateral acts of bullying' Credit: Alamy The tit-for-tat trade war saw China hike the levies on US goods from 84 per cent to 125 per cent yesterday as it hit back at the...