{"id":3276,"date":"2025-03-03T17:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T22:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/03\/03\/trump-turns-up-trade-pressure-on-china-after-beijing-fails-to-come-running\/"},"modified":"2025-03-03T17:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T22:37:10","slug":"trump-turns-up-trade-pressure-on-china-after-beijing-fails-to-come-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharewatch.com\/wp\/2025\/03\/03\/trump-turns-up-trade-pressure-on-china-after-beijing-fails-to-come-running\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Turns Up Trade Pressure on China After Beijing Fails to Come Running"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When President Trump threatened tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China in January, saying those countries needed to do more to stop the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States, Canadian and Mexican officials raced to Washington, bearing charts and videos detailing their efforts to toughen their borders.<\/p>\n

Canada created a \u201cfentanyl czar\u201d and committed fresh resources to combating organized crime, while Mexico dispatched troops to the border and delivered cartel operatives into U.S. custody. As a result, Mr. Trump paused tariffs on America\u2019s North American neighbors for 30 days.<\/p>\n

China never made these kinds of overtures and, in Mr. Trump\u2019s view, did not take any big moves to stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States. So on Feb. 4, Mr. Trump moved forward with imposing a 10 percent tariff on all Chinese imports. Last week, the president said that on March 4 he would add another 10 percent on top of all existing Chinese tariffs.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump is moving quickly to transform the U.S.-China trade relationship. The Chinese are moving much more cautiously and deliberately as they try to assess Mr. Trump and determine what it is he actually wants from China. Some of Mr. Trump\u2019s advisers, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have held calls with their Chinese counterparts. But a call between Mr. Trump and Xi Jinping, China\u2019s leader, has failed to materialize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n

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The situation underscores the quandary for foreign leaders in dealing with a president as unpredictable and unconventional as Mr. Trump, who is making substantial changes to trade terms with little advance notice or preparation.<\/p>\n

The Chinese do not want to initiate a conversation because they do not want to be seen as pleading, and are wary of offering concessions before they understand the parameters of the debate, people familiar with the discussions said. Instead, Chinese officials, academics and others close to the government have been holding discreet conversations to try to determine Mr. Trump\u2019s motives, while floating various aspects of a potential trade deal between the countries to assess the Americans\u2019 reaction.<\/p>\n

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