A change of tune has emerged in the United States! The U.S. has made two statements consecutively! According to a report by Agence France-Presse on April 23, when the Sino-US trade war was at an impasse, the United States suddenly made two statements. The first one is that on April 22, White House spokesman Leavitt said: "We have made very good progress in discussing a potential trade agreement with China." The U.S. side stated that the relevant negotiations are progressing in the right direction.

The second one is that on the same day, Treasury Secretary Besten said that the Trump administration does not seek to decouple from the Chinese economy, and Besten said that Sino-US trade tensions "are expected to ease." Clearly, this statement from the U.S. also seems unusual to foreign media. French media believe that this U.S. statement is rare, which means that the U.S. has shown a clear signal to cool down the trade war. And relevant experts believe that this indicates that the U.S. is willing to negotiate with China and hopes to reach an agreement as soon as possible.

It must be said that since the trade war began, these two statements from the U.S. side indeed indicate that the U.S. attitude toward the trade war has undergone significant changes. Of course, the U.S. claim that "we have made very good progress in discussing a potential trade agreement with China" remains to be seen whether it is true or not. However, if this momentum continues, it is certainly possible for both sides to sit at the negotiating table and resolve differences through negotiation.

In fact, we are completely open to negotiating with the U.S. If the U.S. treats us with equality and respect, the U.S. and China can certainly have a good discussion. However, we are also very clear that the U.S. still imposes extremely high and unreasonable tariffs on us. If the U.S. really wants to talk, it should continue to release goodwill to facilitate Sino-US negotiations. Of course, we will not only look at how the U.S. makes its statements but will also pay more attention to its specific actions.

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