China Ties US Talks to Tariff Removal as Stalemate Deepens
Wang Yi at the Kremlin in Moscow on April 1.
Photographer: Grigory Sysoyev/POOL/AFP/Getty Images
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China’s top diplomat called on the US to remove tariffs it imposed on Chinese goods for Beijing’s alleged role in America’s fentanyl crisis before holding any talks on the matter, deepening a stalemate weighing on trade ties between the world’s two largest economies.
“If the US side really wants to solve the fentanyl problem, then it should cancel the unjustified tariff increase and engage in equal consultation with the Chinese side,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in an interview with Russian state-run news service RIA Novosti on Tuesday.