(Adnkronos) – The deadline of the ‘truce’ agreed between the United States and China after the escalation in the tariff and counter-tariff war is approaching, and in a context of increasingly difficult relations. There are no announcements of an extension yet. The last known bilateral meeting between the two superpowers dates back to the end of July, in Stockholm. There was optimism about a possible further extension. But to date, nothing is clear from Donald Trump, while the world awaits a meeting between the tycoon and Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
In May, China and the United States agreed to a 90-day truce to reduce the sky-high tariffs announced the previous month and suspend a series of other measures. The ‘truce’ expires on August 12. No response to requests for comment from CNBC from the office of the US Trade Representative and the Beijing Foreign Ministry. Among the knots, there is technology, the battle for technological leadership.
On Truth in the past few hours, Trump has put in writing the hope that China can “quickly quadruple soybean orders”. And he concluded the post with explicit thanks to Xi. Meanwhile, the media of the other Asian giant, India, China’s eternal rival, are relaunching statements made yesterday to Fox News by US Vice President JD Vance, and highlighting that the tycoon has not yet decided whether to impose tariff measures on China for purchases of Russian oil, after having ‘punished’ New Delhi for ‘shopping’. The People’s Republic dossier “is a bit more complicated”.
