Trump Optimistic About China Trade Deal

China’s offer ‘not acceptable to me yet,’ president says, but ‘we are doing extremely well’

Bob Davis and

Alex Leary

Nov. 16, 2018 4:34 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON—President Trump expressed optimism Friday that the U.S. could cut a deal with China to ease trade tensions, but said he would continue to press Beijing for more concessions.

“China wants to make a deal,” Mr. Trump said in the Oval Office, where he reviewed the state of negotiations ahead of a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 nations summit in Buenos Aires this month.

“They...