China tells US to 'cancel all unilateral tariffs' if it wants talks

[speak easy]

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

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Hardball.

[lamp_shade]

1. Holy Cow!

[wolfie001]

8. This: "Heavens to Murgatroyd! Exit stage left!"

[mwmisses4289]

10. oh, goodness, haven't heard or used that phrase in ages!

I think I need to dust it off and start using it more often. Thanks for the reminder, lol. 😃

[wolfie001]

12. Boomer Humor!!!

Cheers!

[travelingthrulife]

27. I don't think I have ever seen the word 'murgatroyd' spelled out.

I used to love that phrase.

[lamp_shade]

29. My mother would say "Heavens to Betsy"

[IbogaProject]

39. Betsy was a southern name for a gun

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/heavens-to-betsy.html

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.

[MonteSS]

36. Here it is

" target="_blank">here you go:

[Tadpole Raisin]

52. Forgot about that. I used to say that all the time, lol! nt

[Bluestocking]

55. You are making me feel old

[wolfie001]

57. Glad I made it to 65!

With a little help from good ole Snagglepuss!

[oswaldactedalone]

69. Love it!

Here's one: "Sufferin' Succotash!"

[wolfie001]

70. lol

[Scrivener7]

2. Only thing they could do.

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]

6. And then Miss Piggy came out and threw cold water on that 2 hours later

What a shitshow from the "My uncle went to MIT" guy.

[Scrivener7]

7. Yep. As they've done, what? 5 times in two months? It's like Groundhog Day.

[wolfie001]

11. I'm thinking they have a buy/sell stocks and bit coin office in the West Wing just manipulating 24/7/365

At this point

[Auggie]

17. It was likely the plan from the beginning ...

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]

47. Ol' Yam Tits

[Auggie]

48. Saw it here a few days ago

Posted video on Twitter: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20255914

[SheltieLover]

3. Maybe they should try "grow up kraznov"

[Tarzanrock]

4. China says "Fuck You!" to the insane Turd.

Better act quick, despicable Turd, before you are ignominiously forced to "surrender" on the deck of a Chinese warship in Shanghai harbor.

[wolfie001]

5. I thought Fatso Trump "Held all the cards!"

Well, I'm shocked!

[rurallib]

18. Demented Donny has cards - the cards have no value

[Wounded Bear]

33. Talking head on Stephanie Ruhle described trumps cards as...

2, 3, 4, 5, 7 in mismatched suits.

[xuplate]

9. Hard Ball

[Botany]

13. Or "The Art of the Deal."

[Attilatheblond]

63. Xi is playing Art of Get Real

[Tarzanrock]

14. Lucille

… "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]

15. They have the cards, he doesn't.

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]

30. They are just stealing money with 'pump and dump' stock tactics..

All of them should be in jail for doing this to us.

[Botany]

16. President Trump says tariffs on China will 'come down substantially'

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016402990

Whose your Daddy, Donny?

[Hornedfrog2000]

19. Headline will read...

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]

20. That's right Stinky. Bend over and take it.

“The dildo of consequences rarely arrives lubed”

Confucius

[4catsmom]

21. Trump now saying

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]

22. CHINA OWNS TRUMP!!

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.]

58. Agreed!

Soviet's empty shelves have been forgotten by the absolute morons who voted for the bankrupted convicted felon...

[Wonder Why]

23. Krasnov, you really stepped into it! And you made the same mistake as last time (only worse)

because you tried to take on the world all at once including allies. That left you no friends to support your position.

[angrychair]

24. Good

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]

25. That's the way to deal with a bully

[Doodley]

26. But Trump and his propaganda unit have suggested they are close to a deal! Don't tell me that is BS!

[Ocelot II]

28. Fat Nixon thought he was going to bully China into handing over their lunch money.

Instead, China pantsed him, stuffed him in his locker and stole his lunch money.

[Bengus81]

51. The way all this is going I've been calling him Fat Hoover...........

Keep fucking things up Trump and we'll see GD v.2.

[MissouriDem47]

72. When It Happens

It should be named the "Trump Great Depression".

[JohnSJ]

31. but didn't the sociopath say they were talking to China? Hmmm, someone's lying.

[Wounded Bear]

35. Sad to say, but I'll believe the Chinese before I believe trump...

[JohnSJ]

38. and that is the sad state of affairs we are in, where we cannot tell when the president is lying or

telling the truth.

[Wounded Bear]

41. I've found that if I assume trump is lying, I'm usually right...nt

[JohnSJ]

43. I agree.

[Beachnutt]

37. Yep, just yesterday

https://m.

[JohnSJ]

40. There used to be a game show called "To Tell The Truth". I guess it should be brought back

with this clown in the WH.

[Javaman]

64. yup and just this morning before this news, they claimed they were close to a deal.

more speaking out of their ass and hoping that things will magically work out.

morons.

[Beachnutt]

32. The orange genius screwed himself

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]

34. China knows hardball.

The Felon-in-Chief can't even play nerf ball!

[Scalded Nun]

42. The only way to deal with this

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]

45. The russian agent orange blinked first and now china has him by his tiny balls. nt

[Bo Zarts]

46. Looks like Trump put China in the driver's seat ..

?


Way to go shit-for-brains. What a pathetic loser. Everything Trump touches dies. Putin must be proud.

[republianmushroom]

49. The orange Mussolini didn't see this coming.

China playing hard ball.

Eat it trump.

[Bengus81]

50. I mean...did Trump think China was going to fold like those law firms and Media??

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]

54. Among the reasons he loves tariffs is that he figures he can spin a victory out of anything

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]

56. "he can only bully republicans in congress"

easy marks. all performative. they don't believe in anything now, if they ever did.
“It Was All a Lie” - Stuart Stevens.

[JohnSJ]

53. So trump can't bully China, can't bully Ukraine, etc. he can only bully republicans in

congress, some new organizations, and some law firms it looks like.

[ToxMarz]

59. CTRL - ALT - DEL : RESET

[WSHazel]

60. China is cutting the legs out from under Trump's market manipulation

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]

61. This insulting, arrogant shitshow is just fucking embarrassing. And dangerous for our well-being now and in future. n/t

[MichMan]

62. Is China suggesting they would remove some of its tariffs in return ?

[Javaman]

65. tomorrow's stock market could a be a very dark day. nt

[kimbutgar]

66. All this chaos makes me feel like our country is going to collapse before the year is out

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 don’t know how things really work for the American people !

And I hope I’m wrong but chaos has a way of catching up to people like those in the magaloon administration..

[Deminpenn]

67. China just let Trump know

they own him.

[thought crime]

68. Needless to say, this never would have happened if Kamala Harris was President

[thesquanderer]

71. China's not interested in giving him a fig leaf of face-saving. Good for them. (n/t)