But in a private speech in Washington for JPMorgan Chase, Bessent also cautioned that talks between the United States and China had yet to formally start.

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    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      14 hours ago

      The guy makes tariffs thinking “well that will bring them to the table to talk” and China instead just gained more soft power around the globe in the vaccums the U.S. created. Don’t worry, we know all parties will claim they won no matter what ends up happening. Who loses most, the civilians

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        10 hours ago

        China would have talked trade deals without all this self destructive bullshit.

        Trump is a guy who would walk into a car dealership, insult everyone, complain loudly about the prices, and pay 10% over asking while telling everyone he got a great deal