China tells US to 'cancel all unilateral tariffs' if it wants talks
Source: Financial Times
Beijing has called on the US to "completely cancel all unilateral tariff measures" if it wants trade talks, in some of China's strongest comments yet on the impasse between the world's two economic superpowers.
Beijing on Thursday also said there were "currently no economic and trade negotiations between China and the United States", despite recent signs of softening on dispute from Washington. US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said in recent days that the trade war is "not sustainable" and "there would have to be a de-escalation by both sides".
"The unilateral tariff measures were initiated by the US," said He Yadong, a Chinese commerce ministry spokesperson. "If the US truly wants to solve the problem, it should completely cancel all unilateral tariff measures against China and find a way to resolve differences through equal dialogue."
Read more: https://www.ft.com/content/3e076fb5-3988-4e21-9119-3fc637afebb8
Hardball.
lamp_shade
(15,375 posts)wolfie001
(7,101 posts)
mwmisses4289
(3,265 posts)I think I need to dust it off and start using it more often. Thanks for the reminder, lol. 😃
wolfie001
(7,101 posts)Cheers!
travelingthrulife
(4,463 posts)I used to love that phrase.
lamp_shade
(15,375 posts)IbogaProject
(5,626 posts)But I only heard that as I know a Betsy. It is a southern thing and while predating it was in use during the civil war.
Tadpole Raisin
(1,891 posts)Bluestocking
(518 posts)wolfie001
(7,101 posts)With a little help from good ole Snagglepuss!
oswaldactedalone
(3,600 posts)Here's one: "Sufferin' Succotash!"
wolfie001
(7,101 posts)Scrivener7
(58,390 posts)Financial people are vaunted in our culture as smart, business-savvy people. But those fools were buying again on yesterday's non-news where Mump said there was some mitigation happening.
It shows they're dumber than mud fences.
wolfie001
(7,101 posts)What a shitshow from the "My uncle went to MIT" guy.
Scrivener7
(58,390 posts)wolfie001
(7,101 posts)At this point
Auggie
(32,887 posts)Ol' Yam Tits might cave, but he'll never admit as much -- he'll say he negotiated a better deal without having achieved anything except making his fellow Kleptocrats even wealthier.
wolfie001
(7,101 posts)Auggie
(32,887 posts)Posted video on Twitter: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20255914
SheltieLover
(76,914 posts)Tarzanrock
(1,250 posts)Better act quick, despicable Turd, before you are ignominiously forced to "surrender" on the deck of a Chinese warship in Shanghai harbor.
wolfie001
(7,101 posts)Well, I'm shocked!
rurallib
(64,556 posts)Wounded Bear
(63,858 posts)2, 3, 4, 5, 7 in mismatched suits.
xuplate
(160 posts)Botany
(76,422 posts)
Attilatheblond
(8,317 posts)Tarzanrock
(1,250 posts)
"You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
With four hungry children and crops in the field
I've had some bad times, lived through some sad times
But this time the hurtin' won't heal
You picked a fine time to leave me, Lucille
This is for all you Republican Nazi assholes who voted for the Turd. Enjoy the economic
hardship you voted for in the election.
dreamland
(1,121 posts)A bully that gets hit back twice as hard. This shit show doesn't have the smarts to run a country, it's just putting on a play for them.
travelingthrulife
(4,463 posts)All of them should be in jail for doing this to us.
Botany
(76,422 posts)Hornedfrog2000
(866 posts)Trump gives China opportunity to make deal.
As he looks weak again and drops the whole tariff thing except against canada, ukraine, our allies, etc. Mission accomplished yet again. He gets some billion dollar kickback and americans lose again as he sell more of our nations power. We are weaker than we have been in probably 120 years.
Ray Bruns
(5,985 posts)The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed
Confucius
4catsmom
(667 posts)he's going to go easy on China when in truth, China gave him a swirlie in the gym bathroom. But the cult will believe him.
Canada Kid
(257 posts)China told Trump to fuck off...period. Home Depot, Target, Walmart, and a whole bunch of others told Trump to fuck off...period. The entire American economy runs on products originating from China. If those products no longer comes in from China...that's it. America makes virtually nothing in comparison to what they bring in. No products, no sales, no economy, no country...period. So fuck off with all your stupid tariffs, fuck off with all your stupid policies, fuck off with all your devastating disemboweling of government departments that cripple the American people's ability to live comfortably and safely. in other words...FUCK OFF!
Justice matters.
(9,413 posts)
Soviet's empty shelves have been forgotten by the absolute morons who voted for the bankrupted convicted felon...
Wonder Why
(6,556 posts)because you tried to take on the world all at once including allies. That left you no friends to support your position.
angrychair
(11,709 posts)I'm not sure an economically dominant China is in the best interest of anyone but the dice is already been rolled on all this and it can't be any worse than the economic terrorism we've used to manipulate the world economy.
radical noodle
(10,483 posts)Doodley
(11,650 posts)Ocelot II
(129,139 posts)Instead, China pantsed him, stuffed him in his locker and stole his lunch money.
Bengus81
(9,827 posts)Keep fucking things up Trump and we'll see GD v.2.
MissouriDem47
(397 posts)It should be named the "Trump Great Depression".
JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)Wounded Bear
(63,858 posts)JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)telling the truth.
Wounded Bear
(63,858 posts)JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)Response to Wounded Bear (Reply #41)
JohnSJ This message was self-deleted by its author.
Beachnutt
(8,873 posts)JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)with this clown in the WH.
Javaman
(65,130 posts)more speaking out of their ass and hoping that things will magically work out.
morons.
Beachnutt
(8,873 posts)with this hairbrained tariff idea.
World leaders despise him so when he announced his tariff scheme they decided it was their chance to let him hang himself.
If they just hold the line and let the US shelves go bare for a couple of weeks he will be thrown out of office and possibly face more charges.
He started it and now they will finish him. Hopefully.
BlueMTexpat
(15,657 posts)The Felon-in-Chief can't even play nerf ball!
Scalded Nun
(1,608 posts)Bully pushes, you blacken his eye. You do it in public. You control the narrative and take away the ability for the bully to fabricate a story as to what happened.
Perfect!
ImNotGod
(1,194 posts)Bo Zarts
(26,254 posts)
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Way to go shit-for-brains. What a pathetic loser. Everything Trump touches dies. Putin must be proud.
republianmushroom
(22,123 posts)China playing hard ball.
Eat it trump.
Bengus81
(9,827 posts)You've proved AGAIN what a dipshit you are Trump. China owns YOU asshat,not the other way around.
But hell...keep playing the tariff war game for you sick, demented personality. I don't really care......
unblock
(55,932 posts)He can pick a fight with some other country, then make a deal where we make $4 worth of various concessions in exchange for $1 worth of things he wanted. Terrible deal.
But he can then go to the media and claim victory for the $1 stuff we got. And just ignore the confessions (or call that 'fake news') and strut around as a cosplay master negotiator.
China's not playing into his game for the moment, because they want $8 or $12 worth of concessions for every dollar the concede,, but I expect that's the way this will all be resolved eventually. With a terrible deal for America while Donnie nevertheless claims victory.
speak easy
(12,595 posts)easy marks. all performative. they don't believe in anything now, if they ever did.
It Was All a Lie - Stuart Stevens.
JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)congress, some new organizations, and some law firms it looks like.
ToxMarz
(2,759 posts)WSHazel
(632 posts)If Trump and his minions' primary activity is to manipulate markets for the gain of themselves and their supporters, then making it more difficult to do that is a way for China to hit Trump where it hurts. There is no need to read tea leaves of some closed door meeting Bessent had with donors, if the tariffs are not unilaterally being cut, then there is no pending deal with China.
Evolve Dammit
(21,506 posts)MichMan
(16,652 posts)Javaman
(65,130 posts)kimbutgar
(26,828 posts)And the supply train will be so disrupted it will be hard to repair and get back the trust of other nations we trade with!
The orange Hitler is so demented and he has surrounded himself with so many yes people who dont know how things really work for the American people !
And I hope Im wrong but chaos has a way of catching up to people like those in the magaloon administration..
Deminpenn
(17,299 posts)they own him.