The United States and China are conducting talks about the organization of the “birthday peak”, which would take place in June in Washington, “Wall Street Journal said. President Donald Trump on June 14 will celebrate his 79th birthday, and the day later the Chinese leader XI Jinping will be 72 years old.
The American daily “Wall Street Journal”, citing people close to the case, said that talks about the organization of the “birthday peak” between the USA and China They are at an early stage.
As noted, they take place when the Trump administration increased duties and introduced other commercials against China. “Beijing hopes that the meeting plans can pave the way for starting formal trade conversations” – we read in the pages of “WSJ”.
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The newspaper notes that “in the face of growing economic pressure against China, Beijing is interested in undertaking negotiations to avoid or delay raising customs and further technological restrictions on the USA.”
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“A visit to Washington can be a risk to XI, because he can present him as a person succumbed to Trump in times of growing pressure. (…) That's why Beijing expressed greater interest in inviting Trump to Beijing to the top,” said the American daily.
As added, the fears of Chinese officials were also caused by the dispute between Trump and the president Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski, which took place in front of the cameras in the White House on February 28.
Donald Trump and XI Jinping (2017)Roman Pipey/EPA/PAP
About the planned meeting Donald Trump With the XI Jinping, which would be reached in April, wrote on Monday the Hong National newspaper “South China Morning Post”.
According to diplomatic sources, the US President expressed the hope that the Chinese leader would visit him at the MAR-A-Lago residence in Florida, but China wants the meeting to have a more formal character and take place in Beijing or Washington.
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“SCMP” said that so far there is no detailed information at what stage talks about the potential journey of the heads of state. One of the Chinese sources stated that “officials in Beijing it is more difficult to talk to their counterparts in Washington than in the time of administration, President Joe Biden, because now Washington undergoes drastic changes.”
On the night of March 3-4 United States increased the duties on goods from China from 10 percent imposed at the beginning of February to 20 percent.
After Donald Trump announced the first duties for Chinese imports last month, Beijing answered, among others 15 % duties on the import of coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG), as well as 10 % rates for the import of oil or agricultural machinery.
The doubles of the tariff by the US met with retaliation in the form of duties of 10 to 15 percent for the import of agri-food products from the USA.
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