The ongoing trade tensions between the United States and China have escalated further, with a recent ruling by the US Trade Court against President Trump's blanket tariffs on nearly all trading partners. This decision has sparked uncertainty in trade talks between the two nations, which had previously agreed to pause reciprocal tariffs for 90 days as part of a major de-escalation effort.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed concern that negotiations with China are "a bit stalled," suggesting that direct involvement from President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is necessary to reach a deal. Beijing has criticized the Trump administration's decision to threaten revoking Chinese student visas and imposing new curbs on chip exports as discriminatory.
The US-China trade tensions have been ongoing for some time, with China's Commerce Ministry spokeswoman, He Yongqian, urging Washington to scrap the levies, calling them a "wrongful unilateral tariff measure."