Beijing accused the United States of “pressuring other countries” to curb trade, following media reports that the Trump administration will use tariff relief as leverage to push nations to scale back their economic ties with China.

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    20 hours ago

    China had privileges for many years because it’s a developing country. I think they technically still are, because of poverty in many provinces. But China needs to acknowledge they have come so far now, that we can’t grant them those privileges anymore.

    USA could have made that case together with trade partners. But instead USA chose to screw over everybody.

    I agree we can’t suddenly replace USA with China, that wouldn’t make any sense.
    But if we can repair some of the damage Trump is doing with better agreements with China, I think everybody is ready to do that as things are now.