Trump<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nPresident Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with China over its inaction on North Korea and bilateral trade issues and is now considering possible trade actions against Beijing, three senior administration officials told Reuters.<\/p>\n
The officials said Trump was impatient with China and was looking at a range of options, including tariffs on steel imports, which Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross already has said he is considering as part of a national security study of the U.S. steel industry.<\/p>\n
Whether Trump would actually take any steps against China remains unclear. In April, he backed off from a threat to withdraw from NAFTA after he said that Canadian and Mexican leaders telephoned him asking him to halt a planned executive order in favor of opening discussions.<\/p>\n
The officials said there was no consensus yet on the way forward with China and they did not say what other options were being studied. No decision was expected this week, a senior official said.<\/p>\n
Chinese steel already is subject to dozens of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy orders. As a result it has only a small share of the U.S. market.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s guiding this is he ran to protect American industry and American workers,\u201d one of the U.S. officials said, referring to Trump\u2019s 2016 election promise to take a hard line on trade with China.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 U.S. President Donald Trump (R) holds an umbrella over U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad, former governor of Iowa, as they arrive together aboard Air Force One at Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, U.S. June 21, 2017.\u00a0REUTERS\/Jonathan Ernst<\/b><\/p>\n
On North Korea, Trump \u201cfeels like he gave China a chance to make a difference\u201d but has not seen enough results, the official said.<\/p>\n
The United States has pressed China to exert more economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea to help rein in its nuclear and missile programs. Beijing has repeatedly said its influence on North Korea is limited and that it is doing all it can.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey did a little, not a lot,\u201d the official said. \u201cAnd if he\u2019s not going to get what he needs on that, he needs to move ahead on his broader agenda on trade and on North Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n
The death of American university student Otto Warmbier last week, after his release from 17 months of imprisonment in Pyongyang, has further complicated Trump\u2019s approach to North Korea, his top national security challenge.<\/p>\n
Trump signaled his disappointment with China\u2019s efforts in a tweet last week: \u201cWhile I greatly appreciate the efforts of President Xi & China to help with North Korea, it has not worked out. At least I know China tried!\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump had made a grand gesture of his desire for warm ties with Chinese President Xi Jinping when he played host to Xi in April at his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Palm Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think China will be stepping up,\u201d Trump said at the time.<\/p>\n
Since then, however, North Korea\u2019s tests of long-range missiles have continued unabated and there have been reports Pyongyang is preparing for another underground nuclear test.<\/p>\n
Trump dropped by last Thursday as White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster and Trump senior adviser Jared Kushner were meeting with Chinese State Councillor Yang Jiechi, an official said.<\/p>\n
China\u2019s inability to make headway on North Korea was one of the topics that was discussed, according to two people familiar with the meeting. Officials in Beijing did not respond to a request for comment on the meeting.<\/p>\n
Trump met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday at the White House and made a point of noting that the United States, India and Japan would be joining together in naval exercises soon in the Indian Ocean, a point that seemed aimed at India rival Beijing.<\/p>\n
Trump also thanked India for joining the United States in imposing new sanctions against North Korea.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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