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President Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in China have agreed with new commercial talks to overcome a pricing impasse in a highly anticipated telephone call Thursday that the Chinese state media first reported, stressing that it was the American leader who launched him.
On his social media flow, Trump described the 90 -minute conversation as a “very good phone call”. He came during a tense period in American-Chinese relations after Washington accused Beijing of returning to an agreement on May 12 to reduce prices by not releasing imports of critical minerals necessary for high-tech industries.
“There should no longer be any questions about the complexity of rare earth products,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Our respective teams will come together shortly in a place to be determined.”
But unusually for high -level diplomatic interaction, it was the Xinhua news agency managed by the state of China that first reported the news of the call, which suggested analysts to conduct the story. The two leaders spoke by phone for the last time by phone three days before Trump took office for his second term in January.
The Chinese media reported that the call had been made at Trump's request. He quoted Xi saying: “Now that a consensus has been reached, the two parties should respect.
XI has also raised the question of Taiwan – the self -structuring island according to which China considers as part of its territory. He called on the United States to prevent what he described as “separatists” from dragging China and the United States “in a dangerous situation of conflict and confrontation”.
By comparing the bilateral relationship to a large ship, XI said that the two parties must carefully lead in a good direction and so that they “eliminate all kinds of interference and even sabotage”, reported Xinhua.
The description of the call by Trump was optimistic. He said that Xi invited him “graciously” and First Lady Melania Trump in China, and Trump made the “his own invitation to visit the United States
It was a change of tone of AA earlier, when Trump posted on social networks: “I like President XI of China, and I will always do it, but it is very hard and extremely difficult to conclude an agreement !!!”
It remains to be seen how the two parties can push their many differences, especially on trade, where the United States has accumulated a deficit of nearly $ 300 billion with China in 2024.
For its part, the Chinese government is opposed to America restricting its sale of advanced fleas and its access to student visas for university and graduates. The high American rates had a direct impact on its manufacturers.
Since Trump took office, he threatened punitive measures on business partners on several occasions to revoke some at the last minute. At one point, its administration set rates of 145% on China, then lowered them last month to 30% for 90 days to allow talks. China has also reduced its taxes on American products from 125% to 10%.
This volatility and this uncertainty disturbed the world markets. The resolution of the price impasse between the two main economies in the world will be the task of the follow -up talks that the two leaders agreed on Thursday.
Lin Fei, a familiar commentator with the national conditions of China, said that the leaders of Beijing had taken care to “predefine the tone” of the Xi-Trump appeal on Thursday in an effort to guide international public opinion and avoid appearing passive.
Hong Kong financial analyst Yan Baogang predicted that negotiations between the two countries will be deadlocked, and it will be difficult to reach an agreement after the deadline for 90 days – which expires on July 8 – and American prices on China could be increased again.
Edited by Mat Pennington.