Ahead of a meeting Thursday with a trade delegation from China, President Trump expressed optimism that the two parties could come to a "great deal." <blockquote>PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Trade is coming along well. We're having a big meeting this afternoon. I think you'll be at it for a little while. The vice premier is here. Lots of top people from China, they very much want to make a deal. We'll see what happens. It's got to be a great deal. We have been losing many years four, five, 600 billion dollars a year. We're losing 200 routinely to China. We can't do that, we gotta turn it around. It's going to be a great deal. If it's not a great deal, we're not doing it. It's going well. Top officials are here. We're very well along on the deal. It's a very complex deal. one of the biggest deals ever made, maybe the biggest deal ever made. It will be a great deal for our farmers. Technology, intellectual property theft. Everything is covered. There's not a thing that's not covered. We could have made a quickie, but we're in a very good position. Our economy is way up. China is not way up. And we're either going to make a very good deal or we're not going to make a deal. It looks like the deal is moving along nicely.</blockquote>