Trump orders government to probe US trade relationship with China

I just spoke to Chairman Xi Jinping of China. The call was a very good one for both China and the U.S.A. It is my expectation that we will solve many problems together, and starting immediately. We discussed balancing Trade, Fentanyl, TikTok, and many other subjects. President Xi and I will do everything possible to make the World more peaceful and safe!"

President-elect Donald Trump, on Truth Social Friday

People have noticed that shortly after his election victory, Trump said that China and the US could work together to solve all of the problems of the world. He also expressed a willingness to visit China early in his second term. We appreciate that the president-elect views China-US relations from a global perspective and treats China's development in a pragmatic manner based on public opinion on certain issues."

Global Times' editorial board wrote Monday

We look forward to greater progress at this new starting point under the guidance of head-of-state diplomacy, achieving mutual success, common prosperity, benefiting both countries, and contributing to the world,

the op-ed reads

To start with, he talks about putting America first. And he also fought a trade war with China. These are the two things that left the deepest impression on me,

Zhang Yu, 44, said

He's been fighting (trade wars) for years, but it's never brought any benefit to either country or to the world,

Zhang said

Of course as Chinese people we hope to put China first,

the IT worker told AFP outside a McDonald's in downtown Beijing

I don't think the relationship between the US and China is going to improve... (but) I hope it won't be too intense,

the 22-year-old told AFP

The only reliable thing about Trump is that you can never rely on him,

she said

I think Trump is quite a shrewd person. Of course, he cultivates an image in public of being a man of the people,

he said

What I can see is that China's economy is not very good at the moment, due to the impact of the pandemic, and (the fact that) Trump himself is a crazy, wild person (doesn't help matters on our side),

said a Beijing resident surnamed Wang, 36.

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(Han ... Han Zheng) is seen as someone, because of his time in Shanghai, who understands the concerns of the foreign business community, he understands the economy,

Michael Hart, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, told Reuters in Beijing

From now on, until the situation becomes a little bit clearer, all our US clients have to pay in advance,

said Dominic Desmarais, chief solutions officer at Lira Solutions, a Suzhou-based firm that connects Chinese manufacturers with overseas buyers of everything from toys to furniture and titanium products

If Donald Trump actually imposes 40 per cent, or whatever, duties on Chinese products coming into the United States, I don't want to be stuck with custom-made goods for specific clients that just disappear,

he added

But I would imagine US institutional investors would continue cutting back on their Chinese exposure,

he said

That said, the current situation where TikTok is allowed to operate in America, but X is not allowed to operate in China is unbalanced,

he wrote

The start of a new presidency often brings fresh energy -- and uncertainty -- to the financial markets,

said Saxo Markets chief investment strategist Charu Chanana

The yen has weakened significantly since the BoJ decided to skip a rate hike in December. This, combined with a series of hotter-than-expected inflation prints for consumer, producer and import prices, raises the odds of monetary policy action in January,

they added

One of the things that President Trump did so effectively in his first four years is that he knows that if you want to change something with the country, whether it be an adversary or whether it be a rival, or in the case of China … you have to be able to talk to them and say, ‘This is what we want to do,

Trump adviser Jason Miller told CNN’s Jessica Dean on Saturday

Does that mean that we’re going to be buddy-buddy? No, not at all. If anything, it means that President Trump can be tougher directly with them,

Miller said

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He sees his relationship with the Chinese president as a stand-in for the American relationship with Beijing,

the person said, pointing to Trump’s efforts to cultivate Xi during his first term in office — including an early invitation to Mar-a-Lago for talks over chocolate cake, and a visit to Beijing in 2017 that was meant to deepen their personal ties