The spokeswoman’s statement was made after last week Trump accused Beijing, without detail, of violating the Geneva Agreement, where the two parts pledged to reduce tariffs by August
It informed it on Tuesday (3) that presidents of the United States and China, e they should talk by phone “this week” with the purpose of commercial negotiations between the two powers, which have accused each other in recent days of violating a bilateral moratorium combined recently in Geneva.
“There will be a conversation between the two very soon,” White House spokesman Karoline Leavitt told a news conference to talk about the possibility of the two presidents talking over the phone. Washington has spoken insistently in recent days about this eventual conversation, but Beijing has not commented on.
Leavitt specified that Trump “has a good relationship with the president of China.” “I can say that the government is supervising China’s compliance with the Geneva Commercial Agreement. I know that, as far as the US is concerned, we have fulfilled the established terms and our government officials continue to contact their Chinese peers,” he added to the closed agreement in early May.
The spokesman’s statement was made after last week, Trump accused Beijing, without detail, of violating the Geneva Agreement, where the two parts pledged to reduce tariffs by August. Beijing answered arguing that it was Washington who violated the agreement by imposing measures that were classified as “extreme suppression”, such as new chip restrictions and the cancellation of visas for recently announced Chinese students.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian also said that “there is no information” about the connection, which Washington expects it to serve to unlock the situation. Washington doubled the tariffs on steel and aluminum to 50% on Wednesday, a measure that will hurt China, which is the second largest aluminum supplier in the US.
*With information from EFE
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