Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 e-mini futures trimmed overnight losses after China reportedly laid out a set of preconditions for resuming trade talks with President Trump and his administration, Bloomberg reported, citing a source familiar with Beijing’s internal deliberations.
According to the source:
Demand for Respect: China wants a more respectful tone from the U.S., particularly reducing disparaging remarks from U.S. cabinet members. Beijing was especially angered by Vice President JD Vance’s recent “Chinese peasants” comment. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman called Vance’s remarks “ignorant and disrespectful.”
Unified U.S. Messaging: Chinese officials are confused by conflicting signals from Washington. While Trump’s tone on Chinese President Xi Jinping has been moderate, hawkish comments from other high-ranking White House officials have conflicted. Without a clear and consistent U.S. position, China sees little value in engagement.
Point Person: Beijing wants the Trump administration to designate a point person to oversee trade talks.
News of the preconditions crossed the Bloomberg wires at 0427 ET.
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Preconditions lol
uhhhh, bring back manufacturing of numerous businesses and drug manufacturers’ to the US, limiting our purchases from China.
Precondition that !
Trump’ll just ignore them until they come begging for trade talks.
Renege?
Sounds like shift change at the Ford plant…
Don’t. Stop.
Don’t stop. China knows that if they can’t sell us their cheap shit, they’ll have the additional expense of disposing of it elsewhere.
RuhRoh!