From September 14th to 15th, China and the United States held the fourth economic and trade negotiations in Madrid, Spain. After the results of the negotiations were announced, everyone found out how the tariff issue that Americans attached most importance to "mysteriously disappeared"? This has aroused great concern from the outside world. Has the tariff issue been solved? Or have China and the United States reached a new consensus?

Although this negotiation did not completely solve the problem, China and the United States have conducted in-depth exchanges on a number of issues, especially on the Tik Tok issue, and the two sides have reached a preliminary consensus.

In addition, China and the United States also reached the biggest consensus in this negotiation, that is, risk control and crisis control, avoiding solving problems by "lifting the table", but more through cooperation and dialogue to resolve differences.

Why is the issue of tariffs ¡°mysteriously disappearing¡±?

Since Trump took office, tariffs have been a key issue in Sino-US economic and trade relations. However, in the results of the economic and trade negotiations announced by China this time, the word tariff hardly appeared. Everyone was curious. Has the tariff problem been solved?

In fact, it is not the tariff issue that has been completely solved, but the United States has realized that continuing to raise taxes is not beneficial and will increase economic pressure, especially in the United States, the problem of inflation is increasingly serious, and people's dissatisfaction is also increasing.

In addition to China's very firm position, during the negotiations, the Chinese side also filed an investigation into the low-priced dumping of U.S. chip companies, realizing that China has trademarks in its hands, and the United States naturally does not dare to mess up.

So the "mysterious disappearance" of the tariff issue is not unresolved, but the United States has realized that continued confrontation will bring more economic pain.

The focus of TikTok: U.S. concessions and cooperation models

In addition, in addition to the tariff issue, the meeting most allowed for foreign tariffs was the Tik Tok issue. Previously, the U.S. has been asking Chinese companies to withdraw their Tik Tok business in the U.S., also claiming that this is to protect national security.

China has always adhered to its position on the Tik Tok issue and will never allow Chinese companies to be damaged without factual basis. China has also made it clear that it will conduct technology export approvals in accordance with the law, and at the same time supports companies in market principles. Have equal talks with partners. In this way, we can safeguard the legitimacy of our own enterprises to a greater extent, and avoid confrontation with the United States to a certain extent.

The U.S. has clearly made a compromise in the negotiations, giving up the demand for a direct departure from Tik Tok, but instead proposing marketing methods such as third-party hosting data or authorization algorithms. In addition, during the negotiations, U.S. sources also exploded that Trump would delay the ban on Tik Tok. This change shows that the U.S. has realized that pressure and hard means have long been not the long-term solution to the problem, and cooperation and negotiation are the best way.

Stability in China-U.S. economic and trade relations: cooperation does not "shake the table"

The biggest consensus of this round of negotiations could be said to be that the two sides will not solve the problem by ¡°pushing the table¡±, both sides are aware that violent conflict will only cause greater damage and must be solved through rational dialogue and cooperation.

In this negotiation, China did not compromise on principled issues, and the United States also realized that continuing to raise taxes will only aggravate the pressure on the U.S. economy and ultimately hurt its own consumers.

From the perspective of the talks, although the differences between the two sides remain, through rational dialogue and compromise, the two sides have been able to reach consensus on many key issues.