Foreign media report that China's refusal to answer Trump's call after the exposure of the trade conflict between China and the US sends a strong signal.

A very unusual message was disclosed by German media! On April 14th, after U.S. Commerce Secretary Lutnik claimed that preliminary discussions had been held "through intermediaries" between the United States and China, German media cited internal U.S. government information to disclose another piece of news. The German media claimed that after the Sino-U.S. trade war began, U.S. officials repeatedly asked Chinese diplomats whether China would request a phone call with Trump. However, U.S. officials said that the response from China was always "no".

Obviously, on one hand, Lutnik stated that communication between China and the U.S. had occurred through intermediaries; on the other hand, personnel from the U.S. side indicated that China firmly refused to talk with U.S. President Trump. What kind of message does this convey? This conveys the message that we are in no hurry to communicate with the United States, whereas the U.S. is becoming restless and hopes to communicate with us, even resorting to seeking communication through intermediaries.

Of course, even if the U.S. actively seeks to communicate with us, what the U.S. cares most about is the extent to which we can meet its conditions. In fact, the U.S. attitude remains very firm. The U.S. has clearly stated that it hopes to maintain contact at the working level but will not engage in contact for the sake of contact or participate in dialogues that do not contribute to advancing U.S. interests. Therefore, we cannot regard the U.S. proactive communication as a concession. It is less of a concession than an urgent need for the U.S. to figure out our bottom line.

In fact, we see things very clearly. The U.S. policy changes almost every day, but its attitude of extorting and blackmailing us has not changed at all. Our refusal to give Trump a call sends a very clear message: before the U.S. gives substantial sincerity, Trump will never receive our call. Undoubtedly, we have prepared ourselves mentally for a protracted tariff war.

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