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President Donald Trump reaffirmed early Wednesday his respect for China's President Xi Jinping, saying, "I like President XI of China, always have, and always will."

However, Trump in a post to Truth Social said he finds Xi "very tough, and extremely hard to make a deal with."

Tariffs for Chinese steel and aluminum imports into the U.S. were set at 50% at 12:01 a.m. on Wednesday.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian was asked Wednesday about Trump's post during the ministry's daily press conference.

"China's principles and position on developing Sino-US relations are consistent," the spokesperson said. "Next Question."

-ABC News' Alex Ederson and Karson Yiu

House Republican leaders announced a vote will take place next week on the $9.4 billion rescissions package that eliminates already approved funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting.

"Next week, we will put the rescissions bill on the floor of the House and encourage all our Members to support this commonsense measure," leaders said in a statement Tuesday.

If approved, it would eliminate funding at the State Department for USAID and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds NPR and PBS.

A simple majority is required in the House and Senate for passage. Congress has 45 days to get the package across the finish line.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Wednesday is set to be a big day of meetings as Senate Republicans try to chart a path forward on Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Members of the powerful Senate Finance Committee will go to the White House to meet with the president at 4 p.m., multiple White House and Hill sources confirmed. To ABC News.

The Finance Committee is responsible for writing the tax policy components of the bill, including the extension of the Trump 2017 tax cuts, a key priority for the package.

The whole committee is expected to attend the meeting, as well as Majority Leader John Thune and GOP Whip John Barrasso, who are both members of the panel.

Senate Republicans are separately expected to meet behind closed doors as a conference Wednesday to discuss the parameters of the bill as a group. This meeting comes as GOP leadership looks to expeditiously chart a path forward for the package in the upper chamber.

-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin

President Donald Trump signed an executive order raising tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50% on Tuesday afternoon.

The 50% tariff on steel and aluminum takes effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Wednesday.

The order aims to counteract low-priced foreign steel and aluminum, which the administration believes undermine U.S. manufacturers. It also aims to mitigate any potential national security threats posed by imports.

"I have determined that it is necessary to increase the previously described steel and aluminum tariffs to adjust the imports of steel and aluminum articles and their derivative articles so that such imports will not threaten to impair the national security. In my judgment, the increased tariffs will more effectively counter foreign countries that continue to offload low-priced, excess steel and aluminum in the United States market and thereby undercut the competitiveness of the United States steel and aluminum industries," Trump wrote in the order.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh