“Formal trade negotiations between the United States and China have not yet taken place. Negotiations remain stalled as of April 2, the day before the U.S. announced the imposition of additional tariffs.” - On May 1, during an interview with Fox News in the United States, U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer exposed the lie propagated by Trump and some senior officials in his team who repeatedly claimed that negotiations on trade issues with China were ongoing.
Previously, U.S. President Trump had emphasized multiple times that not only were Sino-U.S. trade negotiations underway, but they were also "progressing smoothly."
On April 30, Trump stated at a White House cabinet meeting in the United States, "I hope we can reach an agreement with China, and we are negotiating this matter with them."
Trump claimed, "I do not want to impose high tariffs on products from China. But I clearly know that the current situation in China is very severe. I just read some reports, and I really don't want this to happen in China."
In fact, the so-called negotiations are all lies for certain purposes.
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