The presidents of the United States, Donald Trump, and China, Xi Jinping, held this Thursday His first telephone conversation from the outbreak of the commercial war, with the aim of reducing the growing bilateral tensions. The call, requested by Trump, was confirmed by the Chinese state agency Xinhua.
And although what they could have agreed is not yet, if they have achieved it, the fact that it has occurred represents a attempt to reactivate dialogue after months of confrontation.
The call
The call has been on the right track, because Xi Jinping himself has reported that Trump is welcome again to visit China. Trump has published that the call It has lasted more than an hour and a half, in which they have spoken fundamentally of commerce, and that the results have been very good for both countries. He has also claimed that their respective teams will meet soon.
The call has occurred, perhaps by Trump’s own insistence, who has complained on social networks this week of his difficulties in communicating with his Chinese counterpart. He assured a few days ago that it is “very hard, and it is extremely difficult to reach an agreement with him.”
The tension between China and the US
Countries reached a 90 -day agreement May 12 for Reduce some of the three -digit tariffs that had become each other since Trump’s investiture in January. A fragile agreement, not only because both are accused of bomping it but because it did not address the broader concerns that tense the bilateral relationship, such as illicit fentanyl traffic and Taiwan’s situation, democratically governed, and the United States complaints about the Chinese economic model, dominated by the State and export oriented.
What is clear is that the relationship between both powers has deteriorated in recent weeks due to These mutual accusations of breach of these trade agreements achieved in May in Geneva. The United States accuses China of not fulfilling its commitment to soften controls on the export of rare earths, while China reproaches Washington to impose the imposition of Restrictions to key components of semiconductors and plane engines, that especially affect companies like Huawei.
In addition, USA has announced aggressive restrictions on Chinese students visas, which has generated greater friction between the two countries.
The call has occurred, yes. But nothing is still known about it.