From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: I thought China wasn't open to tariff talks?
Date: Fri, 2 May 2025 11:27:17 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-05-02 10:36, NoBody wrote:
> China is "evaluating" an offer from the U.S. to hold talks on tariffs,
> according to a Friday statement from the Chinese Commerce Ministry.
> This shift in tone could leave the door open for the worldâs two
> largest economies to deescalate the trade war that has left global
> markets in turmoil.
>
> "The U.S. has recently taken the initiative on many occasions to
> convey information to China through relevant parties, saying it hopes
> to talk with China," the ministry said in a statement, according to a
> Reuters translation. The ministry also said that Beijing was
> "evaluating this."
>
> However, while Beijing appears to be open to negotiations, the Chinese
> Commerce Ministry warned that it would not be forced into making a bad
> deal. According to the Reuters translation, the ministry said that
> "attempting to use talks as a pretext to engage in coercion and
> extortion would not work."
>
> https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-open-talks-trump-admin-lowering-tariffs-ministry-says?intcmp=fb_fnc&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
>
> That's China-speak for "they are very interested".
You're an expert on China now?
The fact is that this bears out that China is not presently negotiating
and therefore the Trump junta lied to you when they said they were.