Bloomberg reported today that US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer are planning to meet with China's senior economic representatives in Switzerland this weekend. President Trump stated on the 7th that he was unwilling to lower tariffs on China first.
In response, Trump claimed that the current situation of the United States is not bad, believing that the US lost $1 trillion annually in trade with China in the past. He said that now that trade between the US and China has stopped due to tariffs, "the US has suffered no losses."
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian stated that if the US side really wants to solve problems through dialogue and negotiation, it should stop threatening and pressuring. When asked by a reporter whether Trump would be willing to make concessions and withdraw 145% of the tariffs on China to bring China back to the negotiating table, Trump replied that he would not.
This attitude of the US side is detrimental to negotiations.
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