Direct negotiation And modulated retaliationwhen necessary. There China of the President XI Jinping It arrived more prepared for the tsunami of 2.0 duties by Donald Trump. In 2017, the communist leadership was caught by surprise by the shoulders of the Tycoon, but this time the XI strategy emerged well before the American elections last November. In the plans of Beijing There is the intention to draw the maximum advantage from Trump’s moves on the belief that current China is different from that of eight years ago, stronger on international scenarios even if with thedental economy.
XI’s first steps to manage tensions
As a first step, XI wanted to reduce tensions with neighbors India And Japanand on Tuesday he virtually met the Russian president Vladimir Putin To reiterate the common commitment to bring relationships to new levels and to flaunt a strategic unit in the aftermath of the Trump settlement. The main way remains the direct negotiation To avoid a commercial war: XI had a phone call with the tycoon last Friday and sent the vice president Han Zhengprotocol figure, at the Washington settlement ceremony.
Beijing’s strategy and the responses to the Tycoon
“Beijing, who prefers secondary channels, wants to understand what he really wants the tycoon – said a diplomatic source asked by theHANDLE -. The hypothesis is that Washington And his allies will also be hostile to China in the future ». For this, xi aims with the negotiations to loosen the pressures on theMandarinese economy unbalanced onexport and struggling with the real estate crisis, deflation and asphyxiated consumption.
However, the responses of the communist leader will not fail, if necessary. Reflecting US policies in recent years, Beijing has already created Export checks, Investment restrictions and regulatory investigations capable of damaging the US companies. At the end of 2024, he blocked shipments to America of essential minerals To produce the microchip And he started an antitrust investigation on Nvidia.
First signs of prolonged comparison
«It is clear that at this beginning the China He is the winner, given that Trump is evaluating to visit the country in his first 100 days in office, “he observed on XAlicia Garcia Herrero, chief economist for the Asia-Pacific of Natixis. Despite the ads, The Donald did not launch the duties against the Dragon On the first day to the White House and frozen the announcement on the Chinese property app Tiktok For 75 days in view of the solution on corporate structures.
Trump threatened on Tuesday, however 10% duties to the dragon «on the basis of the fact that they are sending Fenanyl In Mexico and Canada “, as regards the opiate cause of a serious social phenomenon in America whose chemical precursors are mainly produced in China. “We are firmly determined to defend national interests,” he replied Beijing. First signs of a long comparison.