Trump likely to meet China's Xi for March trade talks

By Michael Hernandez</p> <p>WASHINGTON (AA) – U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he will &quot;probably&quot; meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping sometime in March to hammer out the final details of a bilateral trade deal between the world's top two economies. </p> <p>Trump said &quot;the biggest decisions and some even smaller decisions&quot; will be made directly between him and Xi, but ongoing trade talks &quot;are going along well&quot;. </p> <p>The comments follow the latest round of trade talks amid a mutually agreed upon halt in the U.S.-China trade war that is set to expire at month's end when some U.S. tariffs are set to be raised to 25 percent from 10 percent. </p> <p>Trump said he is open to extending the deadline if &quot;substantial progress&quot; is being made, noting the sides had agreed to a deal on currency and currency manipulation. </p> <p>&quot;It would not be inappropriate to extend that deadline&quot; if the condition is met, Trump said, adding he &quot;would be inclined to doing that&quot;.</p> <p>&quot;We're covering things that we didn't even know we would be covering. We're going very deep into the trade and covering items that a lot of people wanted to cover and nobody thought we would ever get to,&quot; he said. &quot;But we have a one-time shot at making a great deal for both countries .&quot; </p> <p>Negotiations in Washington — the latest in a series of trans-Pacific exchanges of top officials — are expected to continue through the weekend, with the Chinese delegation being led by Vice Premier Liu He set to depart Washington either Sunday or Monday. </p> <p>Trump said the March summit would likely take place at his Palm Beach, Florida Mar-a-Lago resort.