China warns against trade deals favoring US at Its expense

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : The commerce ministry announced yesterday that Beijing would employ what it called 'reciprocal' countermeasures should 'any party' comply with demands to freeze it out of international trade.
46% : While Britain and the EU are among dozens now facing a baseline 10% rate pending negotiations, leaders are still said to be contemplating their own countermeasures should talks break down - leaving the new global alignment still in the air.
41% : While Trump has offered most parties subject to his radical tariff plan a 90 day window to negotiate individual deals, Chinese goods are still subject to 145% levies.
39% : The outlet cited insiders who said Trump would seek to weaken China's leverage at the negotiating table by having other trade partners agree to obstruct its trade and logistics.
38% : Responding to a report that Donald Trump was aiming to use upcoming trade talks with dozens of countries to isolate China, the ministry reiterated calls for a united international front against what it continues to term 'unilateral bullying'.
36% : While Trump has called on Beijing to open talks to avoid a trade war, the WSJ reported last week that Washington was already eyeing the opportunity to suffocate China through talks with other affected parties in the coming weeks.
17% : This may force parties to choose sides, with Donald Trump threatening what China has acknowledged to be 'abnormally high tariffs' against his trade partners.

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