“China has long been demonstrating that it is well versed in US domestic politics. This is not the first time that Beijing has taken retaliatory steps in a trade war with Washington, counting not only on the economic, but on the political effect. Trump now faces a rather difficult choice. On the one hand, it has such significant groups as agricultural producers, which are one of the basic electorates, residents of industrial regions who are not interested in the current trade policy of China. The American leader will now be forced to balance and balance Beijing’s moves, ”Salin said.
According to the expert, China’s decision to temporarily stop purchasing agricultural products from the United States could lead to “boosting trade negotiations.”
“Beijing is going to achieve this. He is not determined to interrupt purchases for a long period. All the actions of the PRC are aimed at forcing the States to sit at the negotiating table and in a short time to achieve some results, ”he concluded.
Earlier, China temporarily stopped purchasing agricultural products from the United States, in addition, Beijing did not exclude an increase in duties on these products.
This step was taken in response to Washington’s decision to impose duties of 10% on goods from China.