US President Donald Trump threatened China that the terms of the China-US trade deal will be more stringent if the deal will be not concluded with Beijing will not be concluded before his possible re-election in the 2020 presidential election.

“China has lost 5 million jobs and two million manufacturing jobs due to the Trump Tariffs. Trumps got China back on its heels, and the United States is doing great,” he tweeted.

The next round of trade talks between Beijing and Washington kicked off on Tuesday in China. The last round of the US-China trade talks ended in mid-May with no deal.

The US raised tariffs from 10% to 25% on Chinese imports amounting to about $ 200 billion. US President Donald Trump also ordered to begin the process of increasing tariffs on all remaining imports from China, which is estimated at about $ 300 billion. In response, the Chinese Ministry of Finance reported that Beijing, from June 1, imposed increased tariffs on US goods imports in the amount of $ 60 billion.

US President Donald Trump earlier held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of the Osaka Summit, during which he expressed US readiness to reach a mutually acceptable trade agreement. According to Xinhua news agency, the American side, following the results of the meeting, expressed their readiness not to introduce new tariffs on Chinese goods.