China’s Ministry of Commerce spokesman, Yangqian, responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s gibbies, who was quoted as saying: “The ball is in the Chinese court and China needs to reach an agreement with us.”
In response, a Chinese spokesperson quoted a proverb that he said: “The person who tied the bell must be the one who untie it.”
Analysts here say negotiations between the two countries will be held officially before any dialogue between top leaders.
To answer a question, he told the media briefing here that the ministry has been maintaining work-level communication with its American counterparts.
However, in expressing Beijing’s willingness to talk, he said: “We urge the United States to immediately stop its biggest pressure tactics, coercion and blackmail, and resolve differences based on mutual respect.” China on Wednesday appointed Li Chenggang, formerly ambassador of China’s World Trade Organization (WTO), as its new international trade representative, to express its intention to engage in dialogue with the United States and the United States to discuss the big tits that are fighting each other. A statement of the White House on Tuesday said China now faces a 245% tariff on U.S. imports due to Beijing’s retaliatory actions against U.S. imports.
In addition to China, Trump has also suspended tariffs on several countries, including India, and has been quarantined for 90 days from Beijing.
China’s additional tariffs will exceed $143 billion in U.S. exports, as Trump’s tariffs will affect $438.9 billion in Chinese exports to the United States.
But analysts say Beijing has two aces against U.S. presidential tariffs – the export of rare earth minerals, which is crucial to the U.S. defense industry, importing large amounts of agricultural products, benefiting millions of American farmers.
Rare earths are a group of 17 elements. According to the International Energy Agency, China currently accounts for 61% of global rare earth production, but controls 92% of global output.
Despite retaliation against Trump’s tariffs, China has taken export control measures against certain projects related to seven types of neutralized heavy rare earths, which has attracted serious concern in the United States.
In addition, Beijing’s exports to the United States (such as chicken, wheat, corn, sorghum, soybeans) raise alarm among American farmers.
On rare earth metals, Trump ordered an investigation into potential tariffs on key minerals, a broader resource including rare earth elements to assess the impact of these imports on U.S. security and resilience.
According to the fact sheet, processed key minerals and their derivatives are the key foundations of the U.S. defense industry foundation and are also part of applications such as jet engines, missile guidance systems, advanced computing, radar systems, advanced optical and secure communication equipment.
It added: “The United States remains largely dependent on foreign resources, especially against countries, which expose the economic and defense sectors to the destruction and economic coercion in the supply chain.”
Since the start of his second term this year, Trump has stepped up his pursuit of obtaining rare earth metals from Ukraine and Greenland to reduce his dependence on China.
Despite Ukraine’s positive response to a deal with the United States, the cold Greenland of Denmark’s protector has shouldered Trump’s plans.
