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US officials still preparing for North Korea summit on June 12

The U.S. is still pushing for a June 12 meeting between President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un, Press Secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters in a briefing at the White House.

"We're continuing to prepare for the meeting between the president and the North Korean leader. As the president says, if it happens, we'll certainly be ready," Sanders said. "Secretary of State [Mike] Pompeo is meeting with the president currently and when he finishes that meeting he'll be headed to New York for dinner tonight as well as a day full of meetings tomorrow."

The Washington Post reported May 29 that Pompeo will meet in New York with a North Korean official for new talks about the possible summit. The Post said that Kim Yong Chol, a general who has been participating in Pyongyang's diplomatic efforts, was scheduled to arrive in New York on May 30.

"The conversation is going to be focused on denuclearization of the peninsula ... We're going to continue, as long as that is part of the discussion, we're going to continue to shoot for the June 12" meeting, Sanders said.

When asked about proposed tariffs on Chinese goods being announced following comments from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin indicating that a trade war was on hold, Sanders brushed aside seemingly conflicting statements about the dispute from administration officials.

"He didn't say it was on hold indefinitely," she said of Mnuchin. "The president ultimately makes the decisions on trade, and when he does we announce them, and that's exactly what's taken place in this process."

Peter Navarro, the director of the White House National Trade Council, pushed back on Mnuchin's statement in a May 30 interview with NPR, calling it "an unfortunate soundbite."