China ‘evaluating’ tariff talks with US, warns against ‘extortion’
China says it is “evaluating” an offer to engage in negotiations with the United States over US President Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs, but warned that it is not going to entertain “extortion and coercion.”
China’s Commerce Ministry announced on Friday that “the US has recently taken the initiative on many occasions to convey information to China through relevant parties, saying it hopes to talk with China,” adding that Beijing was “evaluating this.”
China denied claims made by US officials that talks were already underway or that China had initiated them.
Trump said last week that China’s President Xi Jinping had called him. China’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement afterwards, warning the US against “misleading the public” on the status of negotiations.
