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The direct interviews of De-Escalation between the United States and China started in Geneva, the primary of the 2 main protagonists of the worldwide battle of the duties inaugurated by the Trump administration. In the Swiss metropolis, the secretary of the Treasury and the consultant for the American commerce Scott Besent and Jamieson Greer and the Chinese vice -premier, He Lifeng gathered. The Chinese official media make it identified.

The opening of trump

US President Donald Trump has ready the bottom for in the present day’s interviews, evoking the opportunity of decreasing the heavy duties imposed towards rival superpower and, on the identical time, inviting Beijing to open his market to the United States. «A price of 80% on China appears proper! It depends upon what Scott B. tells me, “wrote the American president on Truth referring to his secretary to the treasure Bessen, ta Geneva for the interviews with the Chinese vice premier He Lifeng, accompanied by the representative for the US trade Jamieson Greer, one of the architects of the agreement with Great Britain.

Possible a drastic reduction of duties to China

In his post, the type did not specify whether the reduction from 145% to 80% of the duties on Chinese products may be the definitive one or if it will be a provisional status. According to several American media, the administration would be thinking of cutting the duties in Beijing much more. A first step from Washington, in the hope of a mutual tariff reduction by the dragon who, in turn, imposed a hard 125% on American assets. For Bloomberg, the goal would be under 60%, while according to what have reported informed sources at the Washington Post, the administration could reach 54-50%.

The strategy

On the other hand, the Trump’s strategy was divided into two levels: the first is a basic duty of 10% on all imports in the United States from any country, the second level is that of the so -called “mutual duties”, which have been applied to about 60 countries. The basic rate, reiterated the spokesman for the White House, Karoline Leavittt, “will stay for everybody”. China, which was already subject to a 20% rate, was hit with another 34% immediately and with a further 90% after its reaction. Beijing insisted that the United States must eliminate “first” duties and promised to defend their interests. Meanwhile, Bessent has held the expectations low, stating that the meetings in Switzerland will focus on the “de-Escalation” and not on a “nice industrial settlement”. “The Treasury Secretary will communicate to the Chinese counterparties and we are going to see what is going to occur,” said the spokesman, stressing that Beesent has the “complete belief” of the president.