The countries are finally talking but why now?

Us-china Trade war may be raisedThe two largest economies in the world have begun to talk in Switzerland.

Top Trade officials on both sides met on Saturday. At the first high -end meeting after US President Donald Trump hit China in January.

Beijing immediately retaliated, and the two countries accumulated their wives, and a tense stand off occurred. New US tariffs on imports of China are 145%and some US exports are 125%.

There were months of stern and sometimes fire investigations, where each side tried to paint the other with a more desperate party.

But this weekend they face each other through the negotiation table.

So why now?

Despite the TIT-For-TAT tariffs in several rounds, both sides are signing a signal to break the deadlock. I was not sure who would blink first.

“I want to step back either side,” said Stephen Olson, a senior fellow and former US trade negotiator of Iseaof Ishak Institute of Singapore’s Ishak Institute in Singapore.

“The talks are going on because the two countries have decided that they can move forward without appearing to go to the other side.”

Nevertheless, Lin Jian, a Chinese spokesman for China, emphasized that the talks are being held at the request of the United States on Wednesday.

And commercial ministry says he is in favor of Washington and responds to “US business and consumer calls.”

The Trump administration, however, insisted that “because the economy collapses,” he insisted that it is a Chinese official who wants to do a lot of business.

Trump said on Wednesday the White House, “We said we started, well, I think they should go back and study the file.

But as the talks got closer, the president had more diplomatic notes. “We can play games all. The first call, who did not cause problems,” he told reporters on Thursday. “Only what happens in that room is important.”

Beijing’s timing is also key because XI is visiting Moscow. He was an honorable guest to commemorate the 80th anniversary of World War II of Nazi Germany on Friday, Moscow’s Victory Day.

XI stood with leaders from all over the world. China not only has other trade options, but also reminds the Trump administration that it is presented as an alternative global leader.

This allows Beijing to project strength even if you are heading to the negotiation table.

Trump insisted that tariffs would make the United States stronger, and Beijing vowed to “fight to the end.”

According to government data, China’s factory production was hit. The manufacturing activities in April have fallen to the lowest level since December 2023. And this week’s news outlet Caixin survey found that service activities reached the lowest level of seven months.

The BBC has found that Chinese exporters are out of steep tariffs. Stock in the warehouse,,, Like they are going through challenging notes and looking for a market other than the United States.

“In my opinion [China] BERT HOFMAN, a professor at the Singapore East Asian Research Institute at the National University.

“So they take practical opinions and say, ‘Okay, we must proceed with this conversation.’

And after the major May vacation in China, Beijing’s officials decided that time was right.

On the other hand, the US economy signed a contract for the first time in three years due to uncertainty caused by tariffs.

And I’m particularly worried about the industry that has been relying on Chinese products for a long time. Los Angeles toy company owner I told the BBC They are “looking at the total destruction of the supply chain.”

Trump himself acknowledged US consumers. You will feel stabbing.

He said, “You can have two dolls instead of 30 dolls,” he said at a cabinet meeting this month.

Trump’s approval rating also slipped fear of inflation and fear of recession, and more than 60 percent of Americans focused on tariffs.

OLSON said, “Both countries are under pressure to provide some relief to more and more tense markets, companies and domestic constituencies.”

“A few days of meetings in Geneva will achieve that purpose.”

The conversation met with optimism, but transactions could take time to realize.

Hofman added that most of the talks are about “touch base”. This may seem like “exchange of position”, and when things go well, the agenda. [will be] Set for future conversations “.

Negotiations on the whole are expected to take a few months similar to what happened during Trump’s first term.

After almost two years of tight tariffs, the United States and China signed a “first stage” contract to stop or reduce some of the fees in early 2020. Nevertheless, it was not included QuotesLike the Chinese government subsidy for major industries or the time line to discard the remaining tariffs.

In fact, many of them stayed in place through the presidency of Joe Biden, and Trump’s latest tariffs add to that old.

Olson said that this time can appear “the first stage of steroids.” There are many people Illegal Pentanil Trade that Washington wants to crack down on China harder In the relationship between Beijing and Moscow.

But experts warned that everything was far away.

OLSON added, “The systematic friction based on the US trade relations will not be resolved soon.”

“Geneva will only produce Adidden statements about the desire to talk to Frank Dialogue.”