During the Sino-US negotiations in Kuala Lumpur, the Chinese delegation came to the main entrance of the hotel at around 11am, and crossed the lobby and entered the elevator under the guidance of the staff. The U.S. delegation arrived earlier than the Chinese side, but went sideways and avoided reporters. The venue is on the 96th floor, closed to reporters, and the meeting time is unlimited.
This time the China-U.S. economic and trade negotiations, China is clearly ready.
This time the Sino-U.S. economic and trade negotiations, the Chinese side is clearly ready. Delegation arrived on time, entered the front door, light and light; after the meeting, they left with a smile, and also greeted the journalists.
The most crucial step, before the negotiations began, was China's tightening of the global industrial chain, countries around the world, to the rare earth, which is the first time China has taken such a tough countermeasures on rare earth since the outbreak of the trade war.
In addition, some time ago, Australian mining giant BHP Billiton was forced to accept RMB pricing. This is not a simple transaction, but is building a new channel away from the US dollar system. China has laid out the situation in advance.
In response to the U.S. side, a heavy signal, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Lutnik, was absent. Previously he was a “regular visitor”, in late September also personally, engaged in “chip confession, new energy blockade”, upgrading sanctions against China. The result? Trump directly let him “disappear”. This explains what? Trump still wanted to talk, this time with finance minister Bessent and trade representative Gerrill, are “practical”, the purpose is clear: to talk about cooperation, to the result.
On the first day of the talks, the two sides spoke for five and a half hours from the disclosure, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent said the talks were "very constructive" and China did not disclose any information.
Foreign media also said that China asked the US to lift all tariffs and export restrictions, which shocked the world. But trade, to be fair, is a matter of mutual benefit, and it should return to the standard.
In fact, there is no suspense in Malaysia's Sino-US trade negotiations: the old and American request is probably to suspend new tariffs in exchange for relaxation of rare earth controls, and the bottom line of China's request is to abolish at least all measures that hinder trade since April. At present, there are huge differences between the two sides, and it is difficult to completely solve this problem. However, in order to prevent the situation from getting out of control, the two sides should make a suspension at this last minute and add a new extension decision, which is the result of this time.
No matter what the meeting turns out to be, it will only end better than it is now. The effective basis of the rare earth strategy is national defense, with strong national defense and naval forces. China said that it would stop rare earth exports, but no one made any moves.
Sino-US trade negotiations look fierce and tense, but the final result is quite the same. The career track of negotiator Li Chenggang has reflected the strategic transformation of China's economic and trade negotiations. From China's permanent ambassador to the WTO to the Office of the International Trade Negotiator of the Ministry of Commerce, 15 of his 20 years of foreign-related negotiation experience have been deeply involved in the multilateral diplomatic battlefield. As he said at the WTO meeting: "The attempt to isolate China's economy will eventually go bankrupt in the deep interconnection of global industrial chains." In this century game of trade rules, China is ready to "seek cooperation through struggle".