U.S. President Donald Trump has given an upfront warning to China that the U.S. is ready to tackle the North Korea issue all alone if Beijing does not take a tough stance against its embattled communist ally. The warning comes barely days before Trump is supposed to host the Chinese President Xi Jinping at his real estate mansion in South Florida.   

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"If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you," Trump said in an exclusive interview with the Financial Times. He, however, did not elaborate on how his administration plans to prevent the isolated communist nation from pursuing its controversial nuclear program.

The outspoken Republican leader sought to remind Beijing that it will be for China's good to cooperate with the U.S. on the North Korea issue and if it does not cooperate "it won't be good for anyone."

The contentious North Korea issue has come back to put further strain on U.S.-Sino relation after the improvised communist state test fired a series of missiles over the past few weeks. The latest missile tests are widely seen as Pyongyang's show of strength against the new Trump administration.

The latest tests have also caused further headache for China, which is Pyongyang's sole ally and therefore the only mediator available for the international community. The U.S. and its allies including South Korea and Japan are adamant that Beijing needs to do more on the North Korea nuclear issue.

However, an equally-frustrated Chinese government has sought to repeatedly remind the international community that holding negotiations or resorting to United Nations sanctions are the only options available to deal with the North Korea issue.

Beijing sought to deliver the same message to Rex Tillerson, who was on a first Asia tour last month as a U.S. secretary of state.

Sensitive issue of trade also likely to dominate Trump-Xi talks

Last week, Trump once again raked up the sensitive issue of trade with China through his latest tweets. The tweets came barely hours after Beijing confirmed Xi and Trump's meeting in Florida.

"The meeting next week with China will be a very difficult one in that we can no longer have massive trade deficits and job losses," trump tweeted, while adding further that "American companies must be prepared to look at other alternatives."

President Trump and his policymakers have spoken about launching a trade war against China's allegedly unfair trade practices.  

Other contentious issues such as the South China Sea dispute and Taiwan are likely to also dominate the first public meeting between the two leaders.  

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