Phase 1 Trade Talks With China Were ‘Beyond Testy,’ Says Trump in Davos

President Donald Trump wants discussions about Hong Kong protests and alleged Chinese human rights abuses included in the phase two trade negotiations with China, he told a news conference Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland, before departing from the World Economic Forum. “We are discussing that already,” said Trump. “We’d like to see if we can do something.” The Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry didn't comment. Trump also wants to do a trade deal with the EU and thinks he can pull one off before the November election, now that the phase one deal with China is complete. The EU is “tougher to do business with than China,” he said. “We have a great relationship with China now. We had some testy moments -- very testy, beyond testy, worse than a lot of people would understand. But we got it done, and I think phase two will go nicely also.”