Wang Yi questions what US has achieved with tariffs, slams ‘two-faced approach’

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi has questioned what the US has achieved in imposing tariffs, while stressing that it is “fully possible” for the two superpowers to “prosper together”. The Chinese Foreign Minister added that no country should harbour any illusions that it can suppress China while maintaining good relations with Beijing. Asst Prof Dylan Loh of NTU, who studies China’s foreign policy, noted that the US-China relationship is unpredictable under Mr Trump – while there could be significant breakthroughs, there could also be “lower lows”. For now, the US President is more focused on his domestic agenda and pushing hard on peace talks to end the Ukrainian war, which is something he campaigned heavily on, said Prof Loh. “So in that way, together with the war in Gaza, Trump wants to be able to put his main energies on these issues first... It is not only China but the Asia-Pacific, broadly speaking, that has not seen Trump’s ideas and policies take shape yet.”

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