Ex-Trump Official Lays Out Why China Might Be ‘Worried’ To Cut Tariff Deal

The most prominent former Trump administration official and an Asian expert on Friday, why China might hesitate to conclude a trade deal with the United States in the middle of the President Donald TrumpTributs of customs tariffs.
Context
Tensions between Washington and Beijing hit a boiling point last month, when Trump escalated the customs tariffs on Chinese imports to 145 percent, on which China responded with a 125 percent revenge tariff. These moves came after Trump – then he returned back – was punished with global tariffs against almost every American trading partner, as China faces the harshest drawings.
It seems that the American -Chinese tensions are declining earlier this month, when representatives of the two countries met in Geneva and agreed to reduce the tariffs of definitions on each other while negotiating a long -term trade agreement.
But the treasury minister Scott Pesin He said this week that the talks “stopped” and accused Trump on Friday China of violating the initial agreement, adding, “A lot because he was Mr. Nice Jay!”
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What do you know
Daniel Cretinbreink, who held the position of ambassador in Vietnam, said on Friday that the administration on the customs tariff could have a “real impact” on China’s willingness to sign an official trade deal with the United States
“Do you find – because I heard this from other teams that are currently negotiating with the United States from Canada, from Europe – this fear of that, well, let’s say that we reach a deal, if we exceeded all the obstacles that have a lot of it, can I trust what this administration puts?” CNNJim Sciutto asked Kritenbrink during a Friday interview. “Will I be surprised in three months, six months, nine months on the road? Are China – and are other commercial partners in Asia – thinking about the same?”
Kritenbrink replied, “I think it has a real influence,” adding that China and other Asian countries “are accustomed to being a process” and “and” participating in transactions with the United States and others can “participate in transactions with the United States and others.”
“But they want to know, will they continue if we cut the deal?” Kritenbrink, a partner in the Asia Group and who held the position of Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific Ocean under the Biden Administration.
Kritenbrink said China is not only concerned about the global definitions announced by Trump in April under the Law of Economic Emergency Forces, but the definitions that were implemented using other executive powers.
“Therefore, any deal from China or other partners can be undermined through subsequent investigations and their results and they are concerned about it as well,” said Kritenbrink:
When asked if Treiff Whiplash could have been “harmful” to the global standing of the United States, Kritenbrink said that “the partners want consistency.”
“They want to know: Can they rely on the United States?” He said. “So I think this is the most important factor we face now. And anything that undermines, I think, harms our position in the region.”
However, he pointed out that American commercial partners “know that they need” the United States and “want the United States to participate.”
“They are ready to reduce deals, so if the Trump administration is ready to cut deals with our partners in Asia, there are deals that must be there,” he said.
What people say
President Donald Trump wrote about the social truth: “Two weeks ago, China was in a dangerous economic danger! The very high definitions it developed made it almost impossible for China trading in the United States market that, to a large extent, the number one in the world. We, in fact, went cold Turkey with China, and it was not destroyed for them. What I thought would be a very bad position, and everything was settled quickly as it was usual.
Liu Bingio, spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, said, said Washington, Liu Bingio, spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington, said, Newsweek: “Since the economic and commercial talks in China and the United States in Geneva, both sides have maintained contact with their concerns in the economic and commercial fields on bilateral and multilateral occasions at multiple levels.”
What happens after that
Washington and Beijing will continue to discuss how commercial deals between the two countries are progressing, focusing on reducing the customs tariff.
Update 5/30/25, 10:12 PM Et: This article was updated with additional information, context and comments.