President Donald Trump’s plan to allow 600,000 Chinese students into the country on academic visas has drawn backlash from several conservative voices, yet it may be a bargaining chip for future negotiations.
Trump said earlier this week, “We’re taking a lot of money in from China because of the tariffs and different things. It’s a very important relationship. … I used so many stories about, ‘We’re not going to allow their students.’ We’re going to allow their students to come in.”
He added, “It’s very important, 600,000 students. It’s very important. But we’re going to get along with China, but it’s a different relationship that we have now with China. It’s a much better relationship economically than it was before.”
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