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CNA
11-07-2025
- Business
- CNA
US Secretary of State Rubio says 'odds are high' for Trump-Xi meeting this year
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi have met in-person for the first time as trade tensions simmer between the world's largest economies. The top diplomats held talks on the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Both sides called the meeting "constructive" and "positive", but Mr Rubio said there's still "a lot of work to be done". He also hinted at a possible meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Jagruti Dave reports from Washington DC and Tan Yew Guan reports from Shanghai.
South China Morning Post
24-06-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
Beijing accuses Taiwan's William Lai of inciting cross-strait confrontation in speech
Beijing has lashed out at Taiwan's leader for calling the island a country during a speech that the mainland said contained 'fabricated fallacies'. In a commentary on Tuesday, People's Daily, a mouthpiece of mainland China's ruling Communist Party, said William Lai Ching-te 's speech to a Taiwanese branch of Rotary International on Sunday was 'full of various factual errors and historical fallacies' and was highly provocative and harmful. 'It was a 'Taiwan independence' declaration that blatantly incited cross-strait confrontation, and a hodgepodge of 'Taiwan independence' fallacies and heresies full of errors and omissions,' it said. 'It once again showed Lai Ching-te's ignorance and madness, and once again exposed his stubborn 'Taiwan independence' nature and ugly face, confirming that he is a troublemaker, danger-maker and war-maker. 'No matter how much a fallacy is polished, it is still a fallacy; no matter how much a lie is beautified, it is still a lie.' 05:05 Trump and Xi discuss Taiwan, troubled US-China trade ties in call breaking stand-off Trump and Xi discuss Taiwan, troubled US-China trade ties in call breaking stand-off During his speech on Sunday – the first of 10 in a series called 'Uniting the country' – Lai said Taiwan was 'of course' a country.
The Independent
04-06-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Trump is already lowering the bar on China tariffs blasting President Xi as ‘hard to make a deal with'
President Donald Trump appears to be lowering the bar on trade negotiations with China as he complained that President Xi Jinping is 'hard to make a deal with.' The president softened his tone in a Truth Social post shared in the early hours of Wednesday. 'I like President XI of China, always have, and always will,' Trump said. 'But he is VERY TOUGH, AND EXTREMELY HARD TO MAKE A DEAL WITH!!!' Last week Trump accused China of violating the terms of the agreement between the two countries. 'So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!' he said. But his latest approach comes as the president is 'obsessed with having a call with Xi,' a person familiar with the talks told Politico. The leaders of the world's two largest economies are yet to speak on the phone to thrash out a deal. Meanwhile, a former Trump official who remains close to the White House told Politico that the president 'feels like a call between principals is a way to cut through a lot of this noise, and get right to the heart of the matter.' Obama's assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Daniel Russel, told Politico that China 'has a sharp nose for weakness, and for all his bravado, Trump is signaling eagerness, even desperation, to cut a direct deal with Xi.' 'That only stiffens Beijing's resolve,' he added. The trade war between the two countries has resumed after Trump accused China of violating the terms of the agreement. Beijing hit back Monday, accusing the U.S. of doing the same. The Trump administration revealed plans to revoke the visas of Chinese students and attempts to curb China's access to the most advanced computer chips, which did not go down well. 'These practices seriously violate the consensus' of what was agreed in talks in Geneva two weeks ago, the Commerce Ministry said. Now the talks are at somewhat of a standstill. The administration is 'under a lot of pressure' following China 's critical minerals blockade, which blocks U.S. access to essential components in auto and electronics manufacturing as well as the production of munitions, a person familiar with the conversations told Politico. Trump reduced tariffs on China last month from 145 percent to 30 percent.
