In the middle of a tariff war with China, the United States President Donald Trump claimed that Beijing had addressed Washington several times because he set out on a blanket in the Chinese tariff to 245 percent. Donald Trump also said that both the US and China are talking together to deal with the trade war.
Donald Trump spoke in an oval office and said, “Yeah, we’re talking to China. I would say they have addressed several times.”
Asked if he was talking to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Donald Trump said, “I never said if it had happened. It’s just not appropriate.”
And when he pushed to reveal if Xi JinPing had spoken to him, Donald Trump said, “You think it was quite obvious that he had, but we’ll talk about it soon.”
While US President Trump slapped new tariffs for both friend and enemy, but reserved the most difficult strikes for China, with new fees up to 145 % on many Chinese imports, even though Beijing retaliated for US goods 125 %.
According to the White House, Donald Trump’s new fees mean that tariffs for certain Chinese goods are up to 245 %.
What did China say to 245 % of the American tariff?
Donald Trump said earlier that in this trade war between China and the US, it was up to Beijing to come to the negotiating table to discuss the end of their tiff. Then China warned Washington to “stop threatening and blackmail”.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Linan said: “If the US wants to solve the problem through dialogue and negotiations, it should stop exerting extreme pressure, stop threatening and blackmail and talking to China based on equality, respect and mutual benefits.”
“Chinese position was very clear. In the Customs War or Trade War there is no winner. China does not want to fight but not afraid to fight.”
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce also stated in a statement that “he noted that cumulative tariffs for some individual Chinese exports to the US reached 245 percent under different designations.”
“The United States instrumentated and armed tariffs to a completely irrational level,” the ministry said, adding that China “ignores the absolutely insignificant game of the US tariffs.”
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