Mr. Wang Yi spoke at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 28
Reuters on December 17 quoted Politburo member – Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Foreign Affairs Committee – Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressing hope that the upcoming administration of US President-elect Donald Trump “will make the right choice.” “right” and working with Beijing.
“We hope the new US administration will make the right choice and cooperate with China in a mutually beneficial way to eliminate disruptions and overcome obstacles,” Mr. Wang Yi said at a forum. forum in Beijing.
Hours earlier, at his first press conference after being elected, Mr. Trump said that the Chinese President was a friend of his and a “great guy,” but that relationship had become strained. .
“We had a good relationship until the Covid-19 pandemic. Covid-19 did not end the relationship but was a very sudden change for me,” he said at a press conference in the area. Mar-a-Lago resort (Florida, USA).
When President Joe Biden was sworn into office in January 2021, China said it wanted to cooperate with the new administration and imposed sanctions on former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and 27 other senior officials who worked under him. Mr. Trump.
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The two sides announced their positions before Mr. Trump returned to the White House. Mr. Trump’s first term led to a trade war that upended global supply chains and hurt nearly every economy as inflation and borrowing costs soared.
Mr. Trump has hinted at plans to continue those measures with Beijing and vowed to impose an additional 10% tax on Chinese goods to push the country to do more to stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
Previously, he also pledged to end China’s most preferential national trade status and impose tariffs on Chinese imports exceeding 60%.
Analysts say that China is seeking to accumulate advantages to begin negotiations with the new US administration on controversial aspects of bilateral relations, including trade and investment, science and technology. science and technology.
