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Trump welcomes trade agreement with China

US President Donald Trump said China has sent a list of trade concessions. [Photo: Courtesy]

President Donald Trump said Friday that China was ready to make a deal to defuse trade tensions, so he might not have to punish the country with more import tariffs.

A deal to resolve the dispute would be a huge breakthrough on the issue that has dominated much of Trump's two years in office, blowback from which threatens to take the steam out of the US economy.

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