The fifth round of economic and trade negotiations between China and the United States is underway. Li Chenggang once again took command and met his old rival Bescent in Malaysia. Trump suddenly shouted on the sidelines: The United States is ready to make concessions.

On October 25, the fifth round of China-U.S. economic and trade talks began in Malaysia.

The same morning, the Sino-U.S. negotiating delegation successively arrived at the meeting site, in which the Chinese negotiator and deputy minister of China's Ministry of Commerce Li Zheng Steel also appeared on the scene.

This broke the previous internet rumors about "after Besson's criticism of Li Zhen Steel, China replaced Li Zhen Steel as one of the negotiating representatives."

The footage showed that Li Zheng Steel, the deputy minister, entered the venue with a big step, full of confidence, and also with laughter on the face.

It seems that Bescent will be disappointed again. It is Vice Minister Li Chenggang who negotiates with him.

The Sino-US economic and trade negotiations are underway, and what the two sides have talked about is not yet known, but it can be analyzed from Trump's words that the U.S. has actually prepared for concessions.

On the same day, Trump also flew to Malaysia on Air Force One, he stressed in a press interview before departure that "the high U.S. tariffs on China's 157 percent are unsustainable, China needs concessions, and the United States needs concessions."

Trump stressed, ¡°What America needs to get from China.¡±

Although Trump also made up such a sentence, it has actually shown that the US has begun to lower its posture.

Trump's statement that "both China and the United States need to make concessions" implies that the United States is ready to make concessions.

Before the talks began, U.S. Finance Minister Bessent and Trade Representative Greer's "request for reconciliation" view, the U.S. side has already tried to seek reconciliation.

The two said: ¡°The U.S. does not want to disconnect from China, does not want to escalate the situation, only to balance trade relations.¡±

It seems that China's countermeasures are really too effective, so that the American side is awake a lot.

Of course, even if Trump has made it clear that he will make concessions, whether China and the United States can negotiate obviously depends on the extent to which Trump's concessions can be achieved.

China's demands have always been clear. The United States needs to withdraw its discriminatory trade restrictions and technological suppression against China, so that there is something to talk about rare earths.

The U.S. cannot unilaterally target Chinese companies on the one hand and hopes that China will make concessions.

At the same time, the results of the Sino-U.S. trade negotiations are not easy.Sino-U.S. had a good basis for negotiations before, four rounds of talks, and a lot of results were discussed.

However, the U.S. has begun to unilaterally pressure Chinese enterprises, which has led to the results of the negotiations almost at a loss.

In this negotiation, we will inevitably also seek similar guarantees from the US side to ensure that the outcome of the Sino-US negotiations can be continued rather than overturned.

More importantly, the United States needs to keep its word. When it comes to saying one thing and doing another, the United States is already a recidivist. Although Trump has made it clear that he will make concessions, it still depends on the actual actions of the US.

Trump is behind this pursuit of reconciliation, for his meeting with China to go smoothly.

A major highlight of Trump's visit to Asia this time is to meet with China in South Korea. Whether the meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States can proceed smoothly obviously depends to a large extent on this round of Sino-US negotiations.

If China and the United States reach a consensus and results are reached, the meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States will come naturally; if the conversation breaks down and the two sides break up on unhappy terms, the meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States may not proceed smoothly. After all, everything is just a plan at present, and it will be full of variables at any time. Maybe the plan will not keep up with the changes.

It can be seen that this round of negotiations between China and the United States is destined not to be easy.

Based on the experience of the previous four rounds of negotiations between China and the United States, this negotiation may still go from day to night, or even three days in a row.

China will resolutely defend its own interests in the negotiations and will not make any concessions in matters involving our core interests.

With the opening of the fifth round of China-US economic and trade negotiations in Kuala Lumpur, the signals released inside and outside the venue have already drawn the complex outline of this meeting.

Trump's statement that "both sides need to make concessions", combined with the previous propaganda of "not seeking decoupling, only seeking balance" by the US negotiators, does reveal that the US side has softened its posture after bearing the pressure of reality, injecting a hint of cautious optimism into the negotiations. Optimistic expectations.

However, the lessons learned from the last four rounds of negotiations, from the results accumulated to almost the cost, are a profound reminder to the Chinese side that whether the U.S. promise can be transformed into sustained and credible action remains the biggest unknown.

China¡¯s position is clear and firm that the United States must withdraw those policies of high tariffs and technological repression that are clearly discriminatory, which are the prerequisite for the resumption of positive interactions.

Therefore, the arduousness of this round of negotiations is self-evident. As a result, it will directly set the tone for the upcoming meeting between the heads of state of China and the United States-whether it will come naturally or full of variables.