Trump spoke to us again! On April 30th, in his speech at the rally celebrating his first 100 days in office, Trump said that Washington wants to reach a trade agreement with Beijing, but the condition is that the US will not "lose" one trillion dollars every year because of this agreement. They want to reach an agreement. We intend to reach an agreement, but it will be a fair agreement. We won't "lose" one trillion dollars every year because of this agreement like during Biden's administration.
Obviously, Trump's remarks once again prove his habit of exaggerating and making irresponsible statements. The fact is that in 2024, the bilateral goods trade volume between China and the US was 688.28 billion US dollars. Among them, China's exports to the US were 524.656 billion US dollars, and imports from the US were 163.624 billion US dollars. We don't know where Trump got the so-called "loss" of one trillion dollars? Moreover, we provide goods to American consumers, and American consumers pay us. It's mutually beneficial for both China and the US. Where does the loss for the US come from?
We certainly want to reach an agreement. It depends on whether the US can reach an agreement with us in a way of equality, respect, mutual benefit, and win-win results. If the US still resorts to extortion and blackmail, do you think such an agreement would we sign? Would we even sit at the negotiation table? Wanting to reach a fair agreement is very good! But this fairness must be recognized by both sides, not defined unilaterally by the US. For negotiations, we are ready. For confrontation, we are also ready. Whether it's confrontation or negotiation, we are prepared for any situation!
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