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Keegan Elmer

US President Donald Trump has accused China of playing for time in trade talks and warned he will offer a “far worse” deal if he wins next year’s presidential election.
Trump was speaking after a lacklustre round of talks in Washington following his decision to escalate the trade war by raising tariffs on Chinese goods.
“I think that China felt they were being beaten so badly in the recent negotiation that they may as well wait around for the next election,” Trump tweeted on Saturday, adding that China hoped to “get lucky” with a win from a Democratic in the 2020 presidential election.
“Would be wise for [China] to act now, but love collecting BIG TARIFFS,” he said.

....The only problem is that they know I am going to win (best economy & employment numbers in U.S. history, & much more), and the deal will become far worse for them if it has to be negotiated in my second term. Would be wise for them to act now, but love collecting BIG TARIFFS!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 11, 2019

On Friday the US raised tariffs on US$200 billion of Chinese goods from 10 per cent to 25 per cent.
When he announced plans for the tariff hike last Monday, Trump complained that trade talks had moved too slowly, and said China had been trying to renegotiate previously agreed positions.
Tong Jiadong, a professor of international trade at Nankai University in Tianjin, said the trade war was a “double-edged sword” for the US.
Where did US-China trade war talks take turn for worse?
“China is becoming increasingly less dependent on the US for strategic products,” said Tong. “Domestically, the confidence of US businesses and citizens [in the trade war] is limited.”
Some Democratic presidential candidates, such as former vice-president Joe Biden, have showed a more dovish attitude toward China.




Earlier this month Biden said China was “not competition for us”. He told a crowd of supporters in Iowa, a key state on the campaign trail: “China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man.”
Analysts say China card cannot be played to anyone’s advantage
But his remarks drew criticism from other potential Democratic candidates like Bernie Sanders, who said it was “wrong to pretend” China was not a major competitor to the US.




Trump also lashed out at Biden, saying his comments were the reason China had changed its stance in the trade talks, hoping they could negotiate with “Joe Biden or one of the very weak Democrats,” he tweeted on Tuesday.
Top US policymakers and businesspeople involved in trade talks told Reuters that the talks had soured after China reneged on many of its promises to meet US demands on key issues, such as the protection of intellectual property rights.

But some US businesses expressed discontent with the tariff increases, including US soybean producers, who have suffered from retaliatory tariffs placed on American beans by China.
“We need a positive resolution of this ongoing tariff dispute, not further escalation of tensions,” said Davie Stephens, president of the American Soybean Association said in a statement on Tuesday.
Will China use its US$1.2 trillion of US debt to fight trade war?
Jiang Shixue, professor of international relations at Shanghai University, said: “For Trump, I don’t believe the net effect [of his comments] is 100 per cent positive. The US economy will also suffer from the trade war.”


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Donald Trump warns China to reach a trade deal now, or face a ‘far worse’ one if I get re-elected

US President Donald Trump said China was waiting for a “very weak” Democrat in the White House. Photo: Bloomberg

epa07561160 China Vice Premier Liu He (L) says goodbye to US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin (C) and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer (R) after trade talks between the two countries at the offices of the US Trade Representative in Washington, DC, USA, 10 May 2019. The administration of US President Donald J. Trump enacted new import tariffs on Chinese-made goods overnight as the negotiations to avoid an expanded trade war continue. EPA-EFE/ERIK S. LESSER

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US President accuses China of playing for time in the hope he will lose to a ‘very weak’ Democrat in next year’s election


US President accuses China of playing for time in the hope he will lose to a Democrat in next year’s election.


Donald Trump warns China to reach a trade deal now, or face a ‘far worse’ one if I get re-elected

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US President accuses China of playing for time in the hope he will lose to a ‘very weak’ Democrat in next year’s election