https://archive.is/FKuhi (reuters)
https://archive.is/MIdNc (afp)
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng met for about eight hours with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Geneva in their first face-to-face meeting since the world’s two largest economies heaped tariffs well above 100% on each other’s goods.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that an 80% tariff on Chinese goods “seems right”, suggesting for the first time a specific alternative to the 145% levies he has imposed on Chinese imports.
Neither side made any statements about the substance of the discussions nor signaled any progress towards reducing crushing tariffs as meetings at the residence of Switzerland’s ambassador to the U.N. concluded at about 8 p.m. local time. (1800 GMT)
The discussions are expected to restart on Sunday in the Swiss city, according to an individual familiar with the talks, who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The 80% number is just something that Trump posted on his social media early on Friday morning, before any meeting ever happened.
UPDATE Trump posted on truthsocial, 1 hour ago. He describes the meeting with the phrases “total reset” and “great progress”. I won’t believe this until I hear the perspective from China’s government.
I don’t really see XHS’s posts as doomerist as you do, just really opinionated and skeptical of current leadership, they even acknowledge Xi’s presidency is a shift back towards marxism. I’m not dying on any hills here since I’m not all that informed (and I really hope you’re right about this since I don’t want to see the CPC fall) but honestly you’re coming off as way too combative.
Calling random people feds is kinda lame too tbh.
Hello fellow leftists! I’m a Cuban from Cuba! Here’s why Cuba has abandoned socialism, and what it needs to do to fix it!
insert 10 paragraphs of unsourced statistics
Everyone nods in agreement
I stubbed my toe yesterday, must have been fed work too. Jesus your ego is huge.