Beijing says claims it is nearing a deal with Washington to resolve the trade war are 'fake news'

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https://www.ft.com/content/3e076fb5-3988-4e21-9119-3fc637afebb8

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Beijing has called on the US to “completely cancel all unilateral tariff measures” if it wants trade talks, in some of China’s strongest comments yet on the impasse between the world’s two economic superpowers.

Beijing on Thursday also said there were “currently no economic and trade negotiations between China and the United States”, despite recent signs of softening on dispute from Washington. US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said in recent days that the trade war is “not sustainable” and “there would have to be a de-escalation by both sides”.

“The unilateral tariff measures were initiated by the US,” said He Yadong, a Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson. “If 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.”

Beijing has maintained that the US must make the first move to de-escalate the crisis, which is threatening to spark a hard decoupling between the two countries’ economies.

China has also consistently said that its “door is open” to talks, but any insistence that the US first unilaterally remove its tariffs as a precondition for negotiations would represent a significant hardening of its stance.

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[SheltieLover]

1. No doubt donnie dipshit is just full of it...

[Lovie777]

2. Well someone is lying.....

[stillcool]

3. The U.S. did this purposely

so why would they want to fix it?

“There have been no consultations or negotiations between China and the United States regarding tariffs, let alone reaching an agreement,” said ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun.
The commerce ministry spokesperson He said that “he who tied the bell [on the tiger] should be the one to untie it”, a reference to a Chinese proverb that means the person who creates a problem should be the one to solve it.
He said Beijing had maintained “an open attitude towards consultations and dialogue”, but “pressuring, threatening, and extorting are not the correct ways to engage with China”.

[dickthegrouch]

4. "Pressuring, threatening, and extorting are not the correct ways to engage with China".

Or anyone else.