China hits back at Trump, saying U.S. actions 'severely undermine' trade truce

HONG KONG — China connected Monday accused the United States of breaching the 90-day commercialized truce agreed by the world’s 2 largest economies, aft President Donald Trump said it was Beijing that had “totally violated” the agreement.

Last month, the U.S. and China announced a 90-day pause connected astir of their tit-for-tat tariffs, which had reached higher than 100%. Trump initially hailed the truce arsenic a “total reset” but said Friday successful a station connected his Truth Social level that China had “TOTALLY VIOLATED” the deal.

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce struck backmost astatine Trump’s remarks Monday, saying that portion China had implemented and actively upheld the deal, the U.S. had introduced a bid of “discriminatory and restrictive measures against China” that “severely undermine” the agreement.

The ministry said those measures included AI spot export controls, a reported pause connected the merchantability of spot plan bundle to China, and the announcement of U.S. plans to revoke the visas of Chinese students.

“Instead of reflecting connected its ain actions, it has falsely accused China of violating the consensus, which is simply a superior distortion of the facts,” the ministry said successful a statement. “China firmly rejects these groundless accusations.”

The ministry urged the U.S. to “immediately close its erroneous practices” and vowed to instrumentality “strong and resolute” measures if Washington “insists connected acting unilaterally and continues to harm China’s interests,” without providing details.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that China was “holding back” exports of uncommon earths that it had agreed to merchandise arsenic portion of the truce.

“That is not what a reliable spouse does,” helium said connected the CBS quality programme “Face the Nation.”

Rare world minerals are a important constituent of products that chopped crossed the U.S. economy, including the tech sector, the vigor manufacture and automobile manufacturing.

China supplies 60% of the world’s uncommon world elements and is liable for the refining of 90% of them, according to the International Energy Agency.

Bessent, who said past week that U.S.-China commercialized talks were “a spot stalled,” said helium was “confident” that uncommon earths exports and different details could beryllium “ironed out” successful a telephone betwixt Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

“Maybe it’s a glitch successful the Chinese system, possibly it’s intentional. We’ll spot aft the president speaks with the enactment chairman,” Bessent said, referring to Xi.

Kevin Hassett, manager of the National Economic Council, besides suggested Sunday that the 2 leaders could talk arsenic aboriginal arsenic this week.

“President Trump, we expect, is going to person a fantastic speech astir the commercialized negotiations this week with President Xi,” helium said connected the ABC quality programme “This Week.”

Hassett said helium was unsure whether a circumstantial day for that speech had been set.

The past publically known speech betwixt the U.S. and Chinese presidents was connected Jan. 17, days earlier Trump’s inauguration.