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We are strong believers in the benefits of free trade,
said Meyer
China's remarks reflect a flexible posture rather than a softened stance. It is a measured stance based on a full assessment of both domestic and international conditions."
Tu Xinquan, director at the University of International Business and Economics' China Institute for WTO Studies, saidChina is currently assessing the situation, but our position has always been clear,
the spokesperson saidAgainst this backdrop, we expect that China's trade with the global market, excluding the US, will continue to expand,
he addedThe ultimate goal for the world's two largest economies is to return to the negotiating table, as long as the US demonstrates sincerity — such as removing its unilateral tariff hikes. Otherwise, China is fully prepared to continue dealing with a prolonged trade war,
he saidThe US also hopes to disrupt this balance by portraying China as already negotiating, to weaken the resolve between China and other WTO members, shaking the confidence of third parties, and thereby creating opportunities to apply pressure on China,
he saidChina is certainly willing [to negotiate] and so is evaluating and observing the US side's sincerity—is it all just bluff and bluster...or is it actually something real that could yield plans for serious talks?"
Wang Yiwei, director of the Institute of International Affairs at Beijing's Renmin University of China, told Agence France Presse
We're not going to talk about who's talking to whom, but I think that over time we will see that the Chinese tariffs are unsustainable for China...Remember that we are the deficit country. They sell almost five times more goods to us than we sell to them, so the onus will be on them to take off these tariffs."
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told the press WednesdayChina is currently evaluating this,
the ministry added
China and the U.S. have not held consultations or negotiations on the issue of tariffs,
Guo Jiakun, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, said at a news conference last Friday
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Delay is very much in their interest, and a speedy deal is very much in Trump’s interest,
Mr. Pillsbury saidI have a lot of jobs around the White House; running the switchboard isn’t one of them,
Mr. Bessent joked
That is exactly the kind of thing that these groups can help do — help make sure that the policy you deploy is well tailored to achieve the objective and communicates to the other side what you’re trying to achieve before it’s too late and you instead have to react to potentially unintended consequences or a message that was not intended to be transmitted,
said Brent Neiman, a University of Chicago professor who was the Treasury’s deputy under secretary for international finance during the Biden administration
This very personalistic approach by President Trump, who wants to negotiate directly with President Xi, doesn’t match with the Chinese system at all,
said Craig Allen, a fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis
I think at some point we have to give them a graceful off ramp,
said Wilbur Ross, who served as Mr. Trump’s commerce secretary during his first termThey don’t want to start the formal talks because they want to know the bottom line from others first,
said Mr. Pillsbury, who speaks to U.S. and Chinese officials_(50289046133).jpg)
Under the guise of reciprocity and fairness, the U.S. is playing a zero-sum game, which is essentially about subverting the existing international economic and trade order by means of tariffs, putting U.S. interests above the common good of the international community and advancing hegemonic ambitions of the U.S. at the cost of the legitimate interest of all countries,
Chinese U.N. Ambassador Fu Cong said in his opening remarks
China's position is consistent. If we fight, we will fight to the end; if we talk, the door is open,
the commerce ministry said
China has no need to talk to the United States,
Yuyuantantian, a Weibo account linked to CCTV, saidIf China had given in and taken the initiative to give in to the United States, then naturally there would not have been the United States taking the initiative to contact China.”
Ren wrote