https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/lxjzh/202504/t20250424_11603586.html
Phoenix TV: We’ve been hearing the U.S. say that China and the U.S. are having talks and even about to reach a deal. Can you confirm whether the two sides are in talks?
Guo Jiakun: None of that is true. For all I know, China and the U.S. are not having any consultation or negotiation on tariffs, still less reaching a deal.
This tariff war is launched by the U.S. China’s position is consistent and clear: We will fight, if fight we must. Our doors are open, if the U.S. wants to talk. Dialogue and negotiation must be based on equality, respect and mutual benefit.
NHK: I also have a question about tariffs. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration may reduce tariffs on Chinese imports in some cases by more than half. Additionally, President Trump said it depends on China how soon the tariffs can come down. What is your reaction to this news and statement?
Guo Jiakun: I just made clear China’s position. Let me stress again that this tariff war is launched by the U.S., and China’s attitude is consistent and clear. If a negotiated solution is truly what the U.S. wants, it should stop exerting extreme pressure, stop threatening and blackmailing China, and seek dialogue based on equality, respect and mutual benefit.
AFP: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that Beijing’s export reliant economic model is unsustainable and harms both China and the rest of the world. What is the Foreign Ministry’s comment on this?
Guo Jiakun: The truth, which is clear to all, is that the U.S. tariffs are seriously undermining the WTO rules and harming the common interests of all countries.
ofc not. the Trump admin doesn’t even know what it wants.
USA’s vassal state Japan, AS SOON AS TARIFFS were announced, put together an economy/negotiating team and got their ass straight to Washington.
they sat around, said over and over again “WHAT DO YOU WANT FFS???” with the Trump team making no demands or anything.
After a lifetime watching the US just bully everyone I am so here for the way China is hardlining this. It’s cathartic.
They’re demonstrating the one thing that reactionaries respect
Reactionaries only respect the in-group, and only for ex post facto reasons. An opponent showing resilience and otherwise strength isn’t something they react positively to.
But this way it will expose their hypocrisy! That’ll get them for sure, right?
Respect, I think, in the way they’d “respect” someone pointing a gun at them: they would be forced to acknowledge that that person has the capacity to fuck up their day
Yeah. The difference between the genteel Republicans of my grandfather’s generation and those today is that Democrats refuse to express power to oppose conservatives today.
The Republicans weren’t kinder, they were just forced to negotiate with their opponents out of necessity, and as a result, followed the norms and decorums that Democrats lament the loss of today.
Trump is trying to treat China like he treats Democrats or poor people. Eventually he will either be forced to realize that China’s ability to punch back means he has to respect them, or China’s punch is going to knock him out cold.
Trump? Lying? I dunno man… just doesn’t sound right, you know?
A few months ago I told the American people I would make China kneel. My heart and my best intentions tell me that’s true, but the facts and evidence tell me it is not.
-Orange Reagan
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that Beijing’s export reliant economic model is unsustainable and harms both China and the rest of the world.
Critical support to the U.S. slowly reinventing JucheU.S. slowly reinventing
Juchethe Great Leap ForwardThe Great Stumble Backward
The Great Pooping the Bed & Rolling Around in It
It is a bit ironic that the US used sanctions and tariffs to harm so many other countries but now believes that cutting off trade from their own country will help the US. “Live by the sword, die by the sword” type situation.
Guo Jiakun: China’s position is clear, we are continuing the policy of doing nothing and winning
If I have to make a choice of who to believe, I won’t bet on Trump being the one telling the truth.
For real. Every time I’ve heard him speak on bilateral talks with China he’s giving “that guy in the group project who’ll definitely have his slides ready by Monday”
