China and the United States launched high -risk trade talks in Geneva

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Beijing and Washington started high -risk trade negotiations in Geneva on Saturday, when the official Chinese media repeated the United States to raise the customs tariff for exports from the country to show “its sincerity.”

The meeting between the Chinese negotiators led by Vice President is Living and an American team headed signal His openness to cutting the customs tariffs on China to cancel their trade war.

But while Beijing is keen to pursue talks to avoid extreme secession from the United States, it is expected that you will be increasingly concerned about Washington’s efforts to photograph separate trade deals with other countries, such as the United Kingdom, which may harm Chinese interests.

“The high -level economic and commercial talks between China and the United States began in Geneva,” Shinwa Agency, Shinwa Agency, said in a brief statement on the meeting, which is expected to last for two days. He did not provide more details about his team. Accompanied by JAMIESON Greer in the conversations.

In a publication on his social network on Friday, Trump suggested that the United States be able to reduce the customs tariff to 80 percent on Chinese goods from 145 percent, while Beijing calls for opening its markets to American products. But the American president added that it is up to the two bes in.

The Global Times National Party of the Communist Party, The Global Times, repeated calls from Beijing until the United States reduces customs duties for the basis for conversations.

It quoted the country’s Ministry of Commerce as saying: “The United States must make preparations and take measures on issues such as correcting its wrong practices and raising unilateral definitions.”

“The decision” depends on whether Washington can show the necessary sincerity in the talks. ”

Chinese repeatedly saying that “to separate the bell, you need the person who linked the bell” – and this means that the person who created a problem responsible for his solution.

Beijing is also expected to be concerned about a The American commercial deal with the United KingdomThe first that Washington struck after a “mutual” tariff was imposed on the partners last month.

As part of the agreement, the United Kingdom has accepted the strict US security requirements for steel and pharmacy industries, while diplomats see as a template that Washington can use China excluding One of the strategic supply chains of other countries.

Chinese trade data for April showed that international trade remained flexible despite the American definitions, due to high shipments to the third countries, especially some in Southeast Asia known as the channels of Chinese export to the United States.

Before agreeing to commercial talks on the weekend, there were several weeks of discussion in Beijing on the best way to manage Trump’s demands, as some officials opposed the talks before the United States took measures such as cutting the customs tariffs, according to two people in discussions.

Some person said that some officials are also concerned about the signal he would send to other countries if Beijing decides to negotiate, believing that it may reduce their intention to stand quickly beside China to stick to the LTO trade.

Chinese officials feel more anxious than the United States, which pushes its allies to form a new commercial matter without it.

This week, China has sought an example outside India for the benefit of the United States in its dealings, and imposed anti -dumping duties of up to 166.2 percent on Indian pesticide imports, Cypermethrin.

Regardless of the treatment of dumping, other countries were supposed to warn that China was not used as a bargaining in trade in trade with the United States.

He referred to a decision from New Delhi to impose a 12 percent temporary tariff on some imported steel last month, with the “main objective” in China, on the same day that JD Vance, US Vice President, India visited.

“Many analysts have indicated that India’s move is likely to meet the US industrial industry campaign in China,” said Yuuan Antian.