It's a major matter! After talking for nearly seven hours, neither China nor the United States has released any information! On March 16, according to a report by Singapore's Lianhe Zaobao, foreign media stated that China and the United States held the 6th round of economic and trade negotiations in Paris, France. The meeting started at 10:05 local time on the morning of the day, and as of the deadline of this newspaper at 12 o'clock on the same evening, after more than seven hours of negotiations, China and the United States had not yet released any progress from the first day of the talks, which is highly unusual.
Foreign media stated that the US's demand is to continue to obtain rare earth resources needed for manufacturing, while also allowing China to continue purchasing related goods from the United States, and enabling the two leaders to have an opportunity to meet. The core demand of China is to reach a bilateral trade agreement with rules and stability, stabilizing Sino-US relations. Why have the two sides talked for so long without releasing any progress? There may be two reasons.
The first is that the topics discussed in the negotiations are very broad, with too many issues to discuss. The second is that both sides still have differences on key issues and are continuing intense bargaining. It is clear that this round of negotiations is very important. In a way, how the negotiations proceed may affect President Trump's visit to China and the specific achievements he can reach during the visit.
Of course, in addition to the economic and trade negotiations, the public is also paying attention to whether China and the United States will hold ministerial-level talks. Because the meeting in Paris probably will not touch upon the Taiwan issue, which is extremely important to China, and this is precisely the most sensitive and unavoidable core red line in Sino-US relations. This closed-door meeting lasting seven hours, without any news, itself is news. However, we certainly will not easily compromise to the United States. Every clause and every consensus, we will firmly safeguard our interests.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1859777023776009/
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