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It'll happen in the next couple of days,
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said of the latest call China hopefully is going to stop sending us fentanyl, and if they're not, the tariffs are going to go substantially higher. China will be dealt with,
I do hope that despite all the rhetoric that we have heard from the American politicians, we can take a constructive and - I will emphasize - a professional approach to our work here in the United Nations. So much is at stake,
Reuters quoted Fu as saying So that's why China is filing a complaint at this WTO,
If China and the U.S. can work together jointly, I'm sure we will be able to solve many problems and make the world a better place to live,
Joining the WTO was challenging for China, as it involved a host of economic reforms and significant cuts in tariff rates,
There is no rush for an economic superpower to let itself be easily provoked,
Not necessarily because their broader objectives align but because both operate in a world where political and economic leverage are constantly recalibrated, where tariffs are as much about signalling power as they are about shifting trade balances – and where the broader geopolitical climate often dictates short-term economic moves far more than any conventional trade logic would suggest,
The lower tariff rate on China compared to the sweeping 2 percent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico suggests a strategic rather than purely economic calculation,
The United States needs to view and solve its own fentanyl issue in an objective and rational way ... (China is) one of the world's toughest countries on counternarcotics both in terms of policy and its implementation."
the Foreign Ministry said, continuing The tariffs will hurt both countries. But you’ve seen already a gradual kind of redirection of trade to other countries (from Chinese companies),
China has long been preparing less exposure to the US, diversifying in all ways, not just in terms of trading partners, investment, but also currencies and payment system,
Keyu Jin, associate professor of economics at the London School of Economics told CNN’s Fareed Zarakia during the World Economic Forum in Davos last month Trump may rely on the upcoming results of trade investigations to impose or expand tariffs on specific countries, testing their tolerance and willingness to negotiate,
an analysis published Sunday on the website of Shanghai-based think tank Fudan Development Institute said The risk of escalating into a ‘full-blown trade war’ cannot be ruled out. Before any actual actions are taken, Trump can still use ambiguous strategies to pressure opponents and wait for substantive concessions from them,
Trump as somebody who they can negotiate with, that there’s room for negotiation,
