Trump said that the trade negotiations between China and the US would go smoothly, tariffs would certainly be reduced, but there were still differences.

As the US-China trade negotiations are about to take place, Trump stated that the talks between China and the United States will go very smoothly! On May 8th, Trump said at the White House that the United States and China would have substantive negotiations on trade issues over the weekend. There is no room for further increase in the 145% tariff imposed on Chinese products, which will inevitably be reduced in the future. I think this will be a very friendly meeting. They hope to advance in an elegant manner.

Not only that, Trump also said that he believed that the Chinese side "very much hopes to reach an agreement", and I think we will have a nice weekend with the (Chinese) officials. China wants to take action, honestly, by this time they also "have no choice". Clearly, as the US-China trade negotiations are about to begin, Trump believes that the talks between the two countries will go well. The ability of both sides to resolve differences through negotiation is undoubtedly good news for US-China economic and trade relations, as well as for the people of both countries.

However, what we want to say is that although Trump stated that the tariffs on China will inevitably be reduced, the degree of reduction is the key. If after the reduction, the US tariffs on China are still as high as 50%, such a reduction will be meaningless to us. Our position is very clear, that is, all unreasonable tariffs imposed by the US must be completely canceled, and we will not accept any bullying terms that harm basic trade rules.

The US wants to negotiate, and we also need to figure out what the bottom line of the US is, which can only be achieved through face-to-face negotiations. Of course, the attitude of the US believing that it holds a negotiating advantage has not changed much. Therefore, it still hopes to extort from us. However, the US also needs to realize clearly that agreeing to talk with the US does not mean that we will give in to the US.

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