In a surprising step, US President Donald Trump announced that 600,000 Chinese students would be allowed to study at American universities at the ongoing business negotiations with Beijing. Trump told journalists in the White House on Tuesday that this decision was important to maintain links between the two countries. However, the announcement comes at a time when Trump’s administration prohibits illegal immigration.
What did Donald Trump said?
“I have heard so many stories that we will not allow our students,” Trump said.
“We’ll allow their students to enter. It is very important, 600,000 students. It’s very important. But we’ll be along with China,” he added.
During the meeting of the Cabinet of the White House the day after he first suggested the idea, Trump said, “I think it is very offensive to say that students cannot come here because they will go out and start building schools and they will be able to survive. But I like their students coming here.
“And you know what would happen if not? Our college system would go to hell very quickly. And there would be no best universities, so they would be universities fighting on the bottom. And you will pull 300,000 or 600,000 students from the system,” he added.
Keep a “great relationship” with China, says Trump
Trump reaffirmed his position in relations between the US and China, and on Monday at a bilateral meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung stressed that the United States wanted to maintain a “great” relationship with China and also clarify that it would avoid any actions that could damage or damage the country.
“We will have a great relationship with China … have some cards. We have incredible cards, but I don’t want to play these cards. If I played these cards, it would destroy China. I won’t play these cards,” Trump said.
These comments came when Trump signed an executive order, which further regulates mutual tariff rates and corresponds to the ongoing negotiations with China.
The initiative was necessary due to ongoing discussions with China to solve “insufficient reciprocity of trade in our economic relationship and our resulting concerns about national and economic security,” Trump said, quoting authority under constitutional and other US laws, including the International Emergency Economic Power Act and the National Emergency Act.
(With the entry from agencies)
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