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The Chinese are saying he has already blinked first. > And it does appear that Trump has blinked first, last week hinting at a potential U-turn on tariffs, say
by card_zero 2y ago
The Chinese are saying he has already blinked first.
> And it does appear that Trump has blinked first, last week hinting at a potential U-turn on tariffs, saying that the taxes he has so far imposed on Chinese imports would "come down substantially, but it won't be zero". Meanwhile, Chinese social media is back in action. "Trump has chickened out," was one of the top trending search topics on the Chinese social media platform Weibo after the US president softened his approach to tariffs.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpq7y8vl55yo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpq7y8vl55yo
- colingauvin 2y agoThere is no scenario where the trade war ends, without both sides being able to declare victory to their constituents. That's just politics.
- GoatInGrey 2y agoChina "blinked first" about a week ago. Publicly they assert that they'll never back down, while on the backend they aggressively remove tariffs in an attempt to keep their economy running. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-creates-list-us-made-goods-exempt-125-tariffs-sources-say-2025-04-30/ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-creates-list-us-ma...