“It’s just an unfair relationship and we have to make it just fair,” Trump said of China. “We don’t have to make it phenomenal. We have to make it a fair relationship. Right now, it’s not a fair relationship.”

“We look forward to doing very well with China and getting along with China,” he added.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump was asked whether he could make a deal with China over trade practices and replied “I can do that”.

“We have one very big power over China, and that’s tariffs, and they don’t want them, and I’d rather not have to use it,” Trump said.