US President Donald Trump postpones discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping despite the implementation of retaliatory tariffs by both nations in a deepening trade conflict. Trump imposed fresh 10 percent tariffs on Chinese goods, while China levies duties on US energy, vehicles, and equipment in response. Tensions escalate further as the US Postal Service suspends inbound package shipments from China and Hong Kong.
: US President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was not in a hurry to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, despite expectations that they would hold talks after announcing tit-for-tat tariffs in a growing trade conflict.
Trump had signaled earlier that the talks with Xi could take place early this week, but addressing reporters at the White House Tuesday afternoon, he said he was in “no rush” to talk to Xi. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that Trump was due to talk to Xi, but on Tuesday said she had no “updates on when that call will take place.”
China’s government said the measures were in response to the “unilateral tariff hike” by Washington. It said it would also file a complaint to the World Trade Organization over the “malicious” levies. But that is dwarfed by China’s imports from more friendly powers such as Russia, from which it purchased $94 billion-worth last year.Trump has made tariffs a key foreign policy tool of his second term, joking that the word tariff is the “most beautiful” in the dictionary.
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