US EditionLetter: Contacting the President
- US cabinet members issued conflicting messages regarding trade negotiations with China on Sunday.
- This followed President Trump's assertion that tariff talks were underway, a claim Beijing strongly denied.
- Agriculture Secretary Rollins reported daily US conversations, while Treasury Secretary Bessent discussed only financial stability.
- China's commerce ministry spokesperson stated there are "absolutely no negotiations."
- The differing accounts create uncertainty and have impacted market stability and investor confidence.
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Trump Claims Trade Talks with China Happening Daily, but No One on His Team Can Confirm It
Donald Trump says the U.S. is in trade talks with China “every day.” But no one in his administration seems to know what he’s talking about—and China flat-out denies it. “We’ve been meeting with China,” Trump told reporters Thursday in the Oval Office. “They had a meeting this morning. It doesn’t matter who ‘they’ is.” It kind of does. Trump’s claim comes as both countries are locked in a punishing trade war. The U.S. has slapped a 145% import t…
Members of Donald Trump's cabinet sent conflicting messages on Sunday about whether negotiations with China on tariffs, as the US president has claimed, are taking place, Reuters reports. Last week, the Trump administration…
Wall Street analysts believe President Trump's remarks on tariffs are another step in the president's tactics to reach a trade agreement with China.
Beijing insists that "no recent phone call" took place between President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart, after Donald Trump said he spoke to the Chinese leader. "As far as I know, there was no phone call between the two heads of state recently," said Foreign Minister spokesman Guo Jiakun. "China and the United States are not conducting consultations or negotiations on tariff issues," he added.
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