A trade war with china is one he cant win. China has all the stuff that america needs.
And they also know that trump is a bullshitter who wll always chicken out. Like he has just done.
Maybe he should go back to picking on Venezuela or Greenland. They are more his size.
I'm not up for paying the "Telegraph" to read their pravda.
Typical of your style to present a "pay to play" link. And a dated one at that.
Here's a more recent, objective and honest take on the subject;
Trump–Xi Meeting Back on Track, Trade War Deescalating: Bessent
The Treasury secretary said the Chinese officials had miscalculated, signaling potential disarray in their ranks.
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U.S. President Donald Trump signaled he will meet with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping at the upcoming APEC summit in South Korea after Chinese authorities seemed to walk back last week’s decision to tighten critical minerals export controls, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Oct. 13.
“That’s the signal the president has given,” Bessent
said on Fox Business program “Mornings With Maria,” referencing Trump’s earlier statement on Truth Social that there was “no reason” to meet with Xi after Beijing announced the export control.
The APEC summit is scheduled to run from Oct. 31 to Nov. 1 in South Korea.
Bessent said the lines of communication have since reopened and that the United States would firmly reject the new restrictions.
On Oct. 9, Chinese authorities
expanded export controls to cover a wide range of products made anywhere in the world that contain 12 critical minerals, requiring would-be buyers to submit applications detailing the minerals’ use and denying them to chipmakers.
Trump
responded the next day with threats of 100 percent tariffs and export restrictions on “critical software” starting on Nov. 1, calling Beijing’s move “hostile.”
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The Chinese regime seemed to capitulate in response. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Oct. 12
said Beijing had “deferred” when the U.S. government called about the new restrictions. Chinese spokespersons stated on Oct. 13 that the restrictions were not outright bans and that they sought dialogue.
Bessent said on Oct. 13 that the CCP might have done it to distract from its dire economic situation or its purchase of Iranian and Russian oil, but that the move was a “miscalculation.”
“I can tell you, trying to get leverage in front of a meeting with Donald Trump is a bad idea,” Bessent said, adding that Trump had “turned the tables” with two social media posts.
He also echoed the president in saying the United States has many more cards it has not played, such as restrictions on software, financial services, sanctions, and others.
“It was a miscalculation, but we are communicating now. I am confident that we can move forward,” the Treasury secretary said.
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The Treasury secretary said the Chinese officials had miscalculated, signaling potential disarray in their ranks.
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