Quotes
There's a number at which they will feel comfortable,
Trump told the magazine during an interview that took place on Tuesday
The bond market was getting the yips, but I wasn't,
Trump said, brushing off concerns raised by his own advisers and allies in the GOP
It takes time to monitor and evaluate the timing and the size of the trade shock,
he added
He's called. And I don't think that's a sign of weakness on his behalf."
The Republican president did not say when Xi called or what the two leaders discussed, telling TIME
Crimea will stay with Russia. And (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskiy understands that, and everybody understands that it's been with them for a long time. It's been with them long before Trump came along."
In Russia's war with Ukraine, Trump saidIf the US truly wants to solve the problem, it should completely cancel all unilateral tariff measures against China and find a way to resolve differences through equal dialogue,
he added
That depends on them."
On Wednesday, Mr Trump was asked how soon he could reduce the levies imposed on China, to which he saidThe United States and China are not engaged in consultations or talks on the tariff issue,
Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for the ministry, said at a press briefingIt doesn’t matter who ‘they’ is. We may reveal it later, but they had meetings this morning, and we’ve been meeting with China.”
However, he declined to identify the Chinese representative involved, adding
Boeing should default China for not taking the beautifully finished planes that China committed to purchase. This is just a small example of what China has done to the USA, for years...” ... Fentanyl continues to pour into our Country from China, through Mexico and Canada, killing hundreds of thousands of our people, and it better stop, NOW!”
Later on Thursday, Trump posted on Truth Social ... He also wroteChina has taken note of some recent reports in foreign media,
He said during a press conferenceWe’ve been meeting with China.”
But hours later, asked about the state of negotiations with Beijing, Trump maintained
I would like to emphasize that there are currently no economic and trade negotiations between China and the United States."
Yet, hours earlier, Chinese Commerce Ministry spokesman He Yadong told reporters
If anything, the United States — particularly in the era of President Donald Trump — risks overestimating unilateral power and underestimating China’s ability to counter it,
they wrote
_(cropped).jpg)
The U.S. and China are in a state of economic decoupling and there do not seem to be any guardrails to prevent escalations in trade tensions from spreading to other areas,
Rick Waters, a former senior U.S. diplomat at the Carnegie Endowment for Global Peace, told the Wall Street JournalThe whole agenda is Make America Great Again, and yet, paradoxically, he underestimates American power,
he said
Countries are lining up to work with us,
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has told POLITICO
They had a meeting this morning,
Trump told reporters, declining to say to whom he was referring
The US side should not mislead the public,
Guo said, reiterating
China will continue to pursue high-standard opening-up, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of foreign companies and take more proactive measures to support them in overcoming operational difficulties,
he added