The interviewees of the New York newspaper claim that during the talks Washington will demand from the leaders to prohibit Chinese companies to create offices in their countries and deliver goods through these institutions. He is also to demand that his trading partners stop “absorbing cheap goods from China”. At the same time – according to the interlocutors, “The Wall Street Journal” – specific requirements are to vary depending on the country and its degree of cooperation with the Chinese economy.
One of the authors of this approach is Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury of the USA. With the help of such means, he hopes to weaken the Chinese economy, isolate it and force it to make concessions in the trade war with the United States.
According to “The Wall Street Journal” Bessent presented Trump on April 6 during a meeting at the MAR-A-LAGO residence in Florida. The president later mentioned this approach in an interview with Fox News dedicated to the Panama Canal. He said he was considering erected countries “before the choice between the United States and China.”
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He also called Beijing to make contact with him to start negotiations on the resolution of the trade war. – China must conclude a contract with us. We do not have to conclude a contract with them. China needs what we have: an American consumer – said Karoline Leavitt, the press secretary of the White House.
Unscrupulous
On April 2, Donald Trump announced new duties for over 200 states and territories. However, on April 9, when they were to come into force, the US president announced a 90-day break, during which the base rate of 10 percent will apply. Trump explained this that over 75 countries asked the US to discuss the decision on customs.
However, he did not approve any postponement in relation to China. On the contrary – American import duties on Beijing increased from 20 to 145 percent. In response to this, Beijing applied to American import duties of 125 percent. and limited the export of rare earth metals. In addition – as reported by the Reuters agency – Beijing called on other countries to fight Trump's customs together. According to this, Chinese officials began to publish in social media films depicting the founder of China Mao Zedong the declaring: “We will never give up”.
