Washington DC, Oct. 11 -- US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) clarified his recent remarks about having "no reason to meet Xi," saying that he has not officially cancelled his planned meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Trump, however, expressed surprise at China's new export restrictions requiring export licenses for rare earth elements, calling the move "out of the blue."

"No, I haven't cancelled. However, I'm not sure if we'll have it. I'll be there regardless. I would assume we might have it. However, they hit the world with something. It was shocking. Out of the blue, they came up with this whole import-export concept, and nobody knew anything about it," he told reporters at the White House.

Earlier, Trump had ...