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Mike Pompeo tells business execs, economists that he thinks the China trade war could end by 2020 election

2019-08-21 09:02:56       source:CNBC

August 21, 2019 


Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told a group of business executives and free-trade economists that he believes the trade war with China could come to an end by the 2020 presidential election, according to people who attended the gathering.


At a private lunch in New York on Tuesday, Pompeo spoke in front of a crowd of about 40 people that included economics writer Stephen Moore, Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, Gristedes supermarket founder John Catsimatidis and former New York GOP chairman Ed Cox, according to people who attended the gathering.


Representatives from the State Department and Blackstone did not return a request for comment.


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