Trouble suddenly addressed us! Trump said that he himself is not in a hurry to meet with China. It was China that proposed the meeting. Trump claimed that the trade war once made China "crash", and China is very dependent on the United States. On August 5, Trump said in an interview that fake news claims that Donald Trump wants to meet with China. No, I don't want to; no, it's him who requested the meeting. If we can't reach an agreement, I won't have the meeting.

Trump claimed that when I imposed a 145% tariff, I did so for the fentanyl issue, and I once told those around me: Where are we with China now? Because I have been increasing tariffs. They said: "Sir, you have already imposed 145%." I said: "You must be joking." So, I reduced it a bit. When the tariff rate reached 145%, it meant that our business with China would be zero, and China was crashing at that time, and China was very dependent on the United States.

Evidently, after basically concluding talks with Japan and Europe, Trump has now turned his attention back to us. However, Trump's statements clearly contradict the facts. In fact, Trump initiated the tariff war against us, and he had completely underestimated our decision to confront him head-on. After the U.S. stock market, bond market, and foreign exchange market experienced significant fluctuations caused by the direct confrontation with us, Trump himself had to first adjust his policies, announcing a list of exemptions for certain goods exported to the United States, actively seeking to ease tensions.

Trump's intention was to use tariffs to coerce us. If we were indeed in a crisis at that time, how could Trump have voluntarily eased tensions? This is clearly illogical. As for the issue of high-level meetings between China and the United States, to be honest, we are willing to see China and the United States establish a stable relationship from a broad perspective. However, this requires both sides to move towards each other. Dealing with China and the United States is not about verbal sparring, and we have no intention of doing so. Obviously, there are still considerable differences between China and the United States. The United States wants a lot, but it depends on how much sincerity the United States can show and respond to our concerns.

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