The Chinese Foreign Ministry responded to the statement of US President Donald Trump about a business agreement with China.
“We cannot say that he wants to reach an agreement with China and are constantly extinguishing extreme pressure on the other hands,” Reuters said, quoting the Foreign Ministry.
Previously, President Donald Trump proposed to be “very nice” for China during any business conversations between the two countries, and tariffs would decrease if they could reach an agreement, suggesting a change from his hard attitude towards Beijing in the middle of the market volatility.
“That will descend significantly, but it won’t be zero,” Trump said on Tuesday in Washington. His comments come after the Finance Minister Scott Bessnt said that blocking between the two economies was unsustainable. Trump also said, “We will be very nice and will be very nice and see what will happen.”
He mentioned that there was no reason to “play hardball” with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Trump assured he wouldn’t talk about Covid-19 during discussions. In recently, the White House launched a website, which states that the virus came from a laboratory in China, Bloomberg reported.
The possibility of a trade agreement and the latest comments of Trump comes after US stocks and state treasury encountered extensive tariffs announced by April 2, which were later suspended for 90 days and 145% of tariffs were placed in China.
In response to American tariffs, China addresses to other countries and asks them not to access the US business agreement. While on Wednesday he met President Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, Xi Jinping stressed that tariffs and trade wars influence the rights and interests of all countries.
Meanwhile, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Great Britain and Austria that China not only focuses on “protecting his own interests, but also on the protection of international rules and multilateral trading system”.
Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang reportedly wrote a letter to the Japanese Prime Minister Shiger Ishiba, who was looking for a coordinated response to American tariffs.
(With Bloomberg inputs)
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