Trump is waiting for XI, but China looks at the situation differently
Trump is waiting for XI, but China looks at the situation differently
a Tarifraum from President Donald Trump flowered the global markets on Wednesday. The White House announced that it is in contact with numerous countries to conclude trade agreements and to plan calls and meetings in the coming weeks.
china remains outside
A country was strikingly excluded from all the advances: China. While the rest of the world gets a 90-day breathing space, Trump increased the tariffs to Chinese products and announces that the United States will now request an additional 145 % for all Chinese goods that arrive in the United States. In response, Beijing restricted the export of American films after it had already raised its own tariffs to the USA to 84 %.
A trade war forms
An unprecedented trade war between the two economic superpowers quickly takes shape, with both countries waiting for the other to give in first. CNN announced that two leading employees of the White House announced that the USA will not contact China first. Trump told his team that China had to take the first step because the white house believes that Beijing has fueled the conflict.
The communication barriers
This attitude has been mediated for about two months, and Trump's team made it clear that President Xi Jinping should ask for an call to talk. But Beijing has repeatedly refused to arrange a phone call at the management level, several sources report. An obstacle, Trump's team believes, is Xis wish not to be perceived as weak by taking the first step and contacting the USA.
Trump's vision for a trade agreement
Trump, who wants a comprehensive trade agreement with China to increase US exports, to contain fentanyl export and redesign the tikok for US users, it is of the opinion that Beijing will ultimately agree. "China wants to conclude an agreement. You just don't know exactly how to start," Trump said on Wednesday during an event in the White House. "You are proud people."
The dialogue between the USA and China
The American and Chinese leaders of the leaders to each other have talked past each other for months, which led to a deterioration in relationships because the efforts of both countries remained unanswered. The official communication channels at work level are active behind the scenes, but a dialogue is missing on a high level. At the same time, unofficial channels prove unproductive, which could also tense the situation and lead to an expensive and uncertain end.protocols as an obstacle
China's dependence on strict protocols and the desire to prepare XI for calling this size are fundamental in contradiction to Trump's business practices, according to some current and former civil servants who see this as the main problem for the beginning of productive discussions. China has tried to set up a secret communication channel that the national security advisor of President Joe Biden, Jake Sullivan, used it, but so far this attempt was not successful.
trust and misunderstandings
The USA rejected China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi as an intermediary, since one believes that Wang is not closely positioned inside XI in the inner circle and does not have the necessary trust. The Chinese officials were given specific names of people with whom the Trump Weißhaus would like to negotiate, but China refuses to meet this request.
The tense situation has further tightened when the Chinese representation of a conversation between Wang and secretary Marco Rubio seemed to reproduce the content of the conversation incorrectly this year, which Rubio later confirmed. "It didn't happen, at least not during the call, or maybe her translator didn't want to translate it like that," said Rubio about the Chinese claims.
necessary communication
Despite the occasionally conveyed communication by China's ambassador in the USA, the lack of contacts at the level of the main actors remains a problem for the establishment of a conversation that the Trump administration considers necessary. Two leading employees of the White House announced that Trump would be willing to start communication at a lower level as long as this leads to results.
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