In private discussions hours before China announced new retaliatory tariffs, the Trump administration warned Chinese officials against such a move, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
The Chinese were also told – once again – that Chinese President Xi Jinping should request a call with US President Donald Trump.
Instead, US officials woke up to news of increased Chinese tariffs and no request for a leader level call. Xi also made comments that only dug him in further.
“For over 70 years, China’s development has relied on self-reliance and hard work — never on handouts from others, and it is not afraid of any unjust suppression,” Xi said according to state broadcaster CCTV during his meeting with the Spanish prime minister.
They should never call and never lift the tariffs
I think their plan is to either let Trump admit he fucked it up and come crawling back or for the next president to do it. They’re not bothering to back down now lol
They have literally zero reason to make any effort at diplomacy. The rest of the would will gladly trade with them. If your business is full of happy customers why would you need to worry about a bratty Veruca Salt making demands?
The whole thing is so funny
Like oh no not 125% tariffs on soybeans and Bitcoin
Oh well I guess now you have 125% tariffs on shoes
Allows them to be flexible. If the world or “the world” get collective amnesia about America again and act like Trump is just some unique aberration, they get to work with that, if the rest of the world wakes up to the fact that the US is dangerous, it allows them to work with that instead.