Washington:
Donald Trump believes that it is up to China, not in the United States, to come to the conversation table of business, the White House said on Tuesday that the US President accused Beijing of sacrificing a prominent Boeing deal.
“The ball is in China’s court. China needs to make a deal with us. We do not need to make a deal with him.”
“There is no difference between China and any other country except that they are very big,” he said.
Trump came out of Levit’s comment after China accused China of returning to a big deal with US Aviation giant Boeing – after a report by Bloomberg News, Beijing ordered the airlines not to deliver further to the company’s jet.
The report also stated that Beijing requested the Chinese carrier to prevent the purchase of aircraft related equipment and parts from American firms.
Referring to China, Trump said in a true social post, “He just says on the Big Boeing deal that he will not be completely committed to the aircraft.”
He did not give any more information about the Boeing agreement, which he was referring to.
Trump has slapped a new tariff on friend and enemy since returning to the presidency this year, but has reserved its heaviest blasts for China – applied an additional 145 percent levy on several Chinese imports.
– ‘Zero Honor’ –
Trump again set a target of Beijing on Tuesday, said on the truth social that China did not fulfill its commitments under the earlier trade deal. During his first term, he appeared referring to an agreement marking a treaty in the tariff war that moves forward on both sides.
The US President said that China bought only one part, which they had agreed to buy, “alleging that Beijing had” zero honors “for its predecessor Joe Biden’s administration.
Trump vowed to protect American farmers in the same position, given that he was often “placed on the front line with our opponents like China, when there were trade fights.
Later on Tuesday, Levit said that Trump remained open for an agreement with Beijing.
However, he insisted that it was China that needed to take the first step, indicating the power of the American consumer market as leverage.
Since the beginning of the year, Trump has implemented standing duties on imports from China, with 10 percent “baseline” tariffs on several American business partners.
His administration recently exempt from these tariffs, leaving some technical products such as smartphones and laptops with global 10 percent tariffs and the latest 125 percent levy on China.
Many Chinese imports still face a total of 145 percent of additional tariffs, or at least 20 percent of the levy which Trump rolled out by China’s alleged role in the Fentaneel Supply Series.
In response, Beijing has introduced counter-tariffs targeting American agricultural commodities, and later retaliated on imported US products with its own 125 percent of the levy.
China’s Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to AFP questions on aircraft delivery, and Boeing refused to comment on the Bloomberg report.
Boeing shares were about 1.7 percent less on Tuesday afternoon.
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