Ledger · Second term · № 249
China trade deal 'in the next two weeks or three weeks'
Partial“In the next two weeks or three weeks, I'm gonna be setting the deal.”
- Promised
- , Air Force One, remarks to travelling press
- Stated deadline
- “in the next two weeks or three weeks” → May 22, 2025
- Overdue by
- 1 year, 4 months as of September 22, 2026
- Re-promised
- 2 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Trade & tariffs
- Era
- Second term
What happened
A 90-day tariff truce with China was announced after Geneva talks on May 12, 2025, but the comprehensive 'deal' Trump described did not materialise on that timetable; talks and truce extensions continued through 2025. Trade adviser Peter Navarro's companion boast of '90 deals in 90 days' also fell far short.