Trade dispute
Trump: “The ball is with China”
US President Trump looks on the train in the China customs dispute. The USA would not have to make a deal. He justifies this with the large US market.
US President Donald Trump remains hard in the customs dispute with China. “The ball is with China. China has to conclude an agreement with us. We don’t have to deal with them,” spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt quoted from a statement by the president. China is no different from any other country, only bigger, said Trump.
Like all other countries, China needs the American consumer, or “to express it differently, they need our money”, Leavitt quoted the president at a press conference in the White House. She spoke to Trump and he gave her this explanation of China.
On previous occasions, Trump had declared that he was open to discussions, but was waiting for a call from China. The US President had imposed special tariffs of up to 145 percent on Chinese goods. In turn, Beijing reacted to 125 percent with an increase in its tariffs to US imports.
dpa
Source: Stern
