Taipei, Taiwan (AP) – China reaches out to other nations while the United States sets on more prices, in what seems to be a Beijing attempt to form a united front to force Washington to withdraw. Days after the effort, he only knows the partial success of countries that do not want to ally with the main objective of President Donald Trump’s trade war.
In front of the crater global marketsTrump Wednesday featured On most nations for 90 days, saying that countries were queuing to negotiate more favorable conditions.
The new Volvo vehicles parked near the containers while waiting for the expedition to the port of Yangtze, in the city of Nanjing in the province of Jiangsu of eastern China, Wednesday April 9, 2025. (Chinatopix via AP)
China refused to ask for lectures, saying that the United States was not sincere and that it would “fight until the end” in a tariff war, which prompted Trump to increase the tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%. China retaliated with prices on American goods of 84%, which entered into force on Thursday.
Trump’s decision was apparently an attempt to restrict what had been an unprecedented trade war between the United States and most of the world to confrontation between the United States and China.
China has so far focused on Europe, with a telephone call between Prime Minister Li Qiang and the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen “sending a positive message to the outside world”. Both are the largest business partners in the other.
“China is willing to work with the EU to jointly implement the important consensus reached by China leaders and the EU, strengthen communication and exchanges and deepen the China-EU trade, investment and industrial cooperation,” reported the official Xinhua press agency.
This was followed by a video between Chinese trade minister Wang Wentao and the EU commissioner for commercial security and economic security Šefčović on Tuesday to discuss the “reciprocal rates” of the United States.
Wang said the prices “seriously in order to grave the legitimate interests of all countries, seriously violate the WTO rules, seriously damage the multilateral trading system based on rules and have a serious impact on the stability of world economic order,” said Xinhua.
“It is a typical act of unilateralism, protectionism and economic intimidation,” said Wang Cité.
“China is willing to resolve differences thanks to consultation and negotiation, but if the United States insists on its way, China will fight until the end,” said Wang.
Wang also spoke with the association of 10 members of the Southeast Asian Nations, while Li, the Prime Minister, met with business leaders. China has already “made a complete evaluation and is ready to face all kinds of uncertainty, and will introduce progressive policies according to the needs of the situation,” said Xinhua Cité.
Not all countries wish to bind to China, especially those who have history of litigation with Beijing.
“We are talking for ourselves, and the position of Australia is that free and fair trade is a good thing,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told journalists. “We are engaging with all countries, but we defend the national interest of Australia and we hold on our two feet.”
China has imposed a series of official and unofficial trade barriers against Australia in 2020 after the government has angry Beijing by calling for an independent investigation into the Pandemic COVID-19.
India would also have refused a Chinese appeal to cooperation, and Russia, generally considered to be a geopolitical partner closest to China, has been excluded from Trump prices.
However, the Nations of Southeast Asia like Vietnam and Cambodia are found in a particular link. They took advantage when the factories moved to their country from China due to the cost increase. They are struck by punishing prices but have few buyers outside the United States and already operate on thin razor margins.
Trump had previously denied having considered a break, but the drama on his prices will continue while the administration is preparing to engage in countries negotiations by country. Meanwhile, prices will be 10% for countries where the older ones have been interrupted.
