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c/news · by return2ozma@lemmy.world · 1y

Trump says the U.S. and China are 'actively' discussing tariffs. Beijing says that's false.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/tariff-trade-war-china-beijing-trump-washington-us-economy-markets-rcna202535

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Lembot_0002@lemm.ee · 45 pts · 1y (6 replies)
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Thorgrem@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Because he lies a lot. He is full of BS.

synapse1278@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (1 reply)

And there have been other reports of diplomats coming forward to negotiate the tariffs with the US and leave without a deal because the US didn't have anything to discuss and/or didn't bring the people with the authority to make a deal.

TallonMetroid@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Apparently when Japan asked what exactly the US wanted out of a trade deal, they couldn't get a straight answer.

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 5 pts · 1y

Because Trump's motivation to lie is clear here. China on the other hand has no reason to lie about negotiating.

Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 1y

Because of our experience. Trump did this shit last time.

  1. Announce a LIE about talking to China about trade wars on Friday.
  2. Have the markets react.
  3. Make trades.
  4. Have someone ask China about it after the rally.
  5. China denies talks.
  6. Stock market reacts.
blattrules@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I was thinking the same thing. I would doubt almost any other report of china saying something different than another nation, but when trump is involved, they’re somehow the more credible source.

Transform2942@lemmy.ml · 19 pts · 1y

And thus we see the power of financialization be laid low by the power of real production

partial_accumen@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

trump "doesn't have the cards", to use his type of speech.

betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

But they're talking about talking which is like the father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate of tariff discussions.

HK65@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 1y

They have concepts of talking.

forrgott@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

But what does that make us the talks?

Absolutely nothing.

LarryLurkman@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

All Scump does is talk shit and lie.

Ooops@feddit.org · 4 pts · 1y

Were can I get a browser addon to autoreplace any "Trump says ." with "Trump lies again." (no I don't even care about what this time...)?

TheDeadlySquid@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

Haven’t you all figured it out by now? If he’s talking he’s lying.