Trump touts trade talks, China calls out tariff 'blackmail'

Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump amusement nary motion of being acceptable to woody connected an intensifying commercialized war. Photo: Andres MARTINEZ CASARES, SAUL LOEB / POOL/AFP/File
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US President Donald Trump touted tariff negotiations with Japan connected Wednesday portion China angrily accused Washington of "blackmail" successful a commercialized warfare that the WTO warns volition person "severe" economical consequences for the planetary economy.

Trump remained upbeat astir his strategy of imposing planetary tariffs, past negotiating idiosyncratic commercialized agreements, with the extremity of lowering barriers to US products and forcing much manufacturing to beryllium based successful the United States.

He said helium would conscionable a Japanese delegation Wednesday some connected tariffs and different of his longtime complaints -- the outgo of the US subject deployments to support the important Pacific ally.

"Japan is coming successful contiguous to negociate Tariffs, the outgo of subject support, and 'TRADE FAIRNESS.' I volition be the meeting," Trump posted connected his Truth Social app.

The aggregate negotiations the Trump medication says are underway are moving parallel to a afloat commercialized warfare against apical US economical rival China.

While the remainder of the satellite has been slapped with a broad 10 percent tariff, China faces levies of up to 145 percent connected galore products. Beijing has responded with duties of 125 percent connected US goods.

There is small motion of rapprochement, with the White House insisting that China marque the archetypal move.

"If the US truly wants to resoluteness the contented done dialog and negotiation, it should halt exerting utmost pressure, halt threatening and blackmailing, and speech to China connected the ground of equality, respect and communal benefit," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said.

This year, US President Donald Trump has imposed an further 145 percent tariff connected galore goods from China. Photo: Pedro PARDO / AFP
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"There is nary victor successful a tariff warfare oregon a commercialized war," Lin said, adding: "China does not privation to fight, but it is not acrophobic to fight."

Beijing's commerce ministry noted that taking into relationship erstwhile tariffs and the caller ones, definite Chinese products present cumulatively look 245 percent duties to participate the US market.

While interest is increasing that the US economy could beryllium rocked by the commercialized war, China said connected Wednesday that it saw a forecast-beating 5.4 percent successful the archetypal 4th arsenic exporters rushed to get goods retired of mill gates up of the US levies.

Heron Lim from Moody's Analytics told AFP the interaction would beryllium felt successful the 2nd quarter, arsenic tariffs statesman "impeding Chinese exports and slamming the brakes connected investment."

World Trade Organization caput Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said the uncertainty brought by the tariffs "threatens to enactment arsenic a brake connected planetary growth, with terrible antagonistic consequences for the world, the astir susceptible economies successful particular."

Japan trial case?

China connected Wednesday said its system grew a forecast-beating 5.4 percent successful the archetypal quarter. Photo: ADEK BERRY / AFP
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Trump posted that helium hoped "something tin beryllium worked retired which is bully (GREAT!) for Japan and the USA!"

And Japan's envoy said helium was optimistic of a "win-win" result for some countries.

South Korea, a large semiconductors and car exporter, said Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok would conscionable US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent adjacent week.

"The existent precedence is to usage negotiations... to hold the imposition of reciprocal tariffs arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable and to minimize uncertainty for Korean companies operating not lone successful the US but besides successful planetary markets," Choi said connected Tuesday.

Stephen Innes astatine SPI Asset Management called the discussions with Japan successful peculiar the "canary successful the tariff ember mine."

"If Japan secures a woody -- adjacent a half-baked 1 -- the template is set. If they locomotion distant empty-handed, brace yourself. Other nations volition commencement pricing successful confrontation, not cooperation," helium wrote successful a newsletter.

The Daiwa Institute of Research warned connected Wednesday that Trump's reciprocal tariffs could origin a diminution of 1.8 percent successful Japan's existent GDP by 2029.

Chip stocks crossed Asia slumped aft Nvidia said it expected a $5.5 cardinal deed owed to a caller US licensing request connected the superior spot it tin legally merchantability successful China.

Trump besides ordered a probe connected Tuesday that whitethorn effect successful tariffs connected captious minerals, rare-earth metals and associated products specified arsenic smartphones.

Although fashionable among Republicans, the tariffs warfare is politically risky for Trump astatine home.

California Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom announced helium was launching a caller tribunal situation against Trump's "authority to unilaterally enact tariffs, which person created economical chaos, driven up prices, and harmed the state, families, and businesses."

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