China continues to contradict Trump's trade talks claim

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Chinese officials continue to deny their country is engaged in trade negotiations with the United States, instead portraying Washington as the side most desperate for a deal.
42% : What People Are Saying Xin Sun, business lecturer at King's College London, told ABC News: "For any political leader in China, [initiating contact with Trump] would have very serious consequences for their own political stability.
29% : What To Know In an April 22 interview with Time magazine, Trump stated that he has not and would not contact Xi directly but that the Chinese leader had called him, without specifying when.
28% : " Analysts say Xi is unlikely to initiate a phone call with Trump to negotiate a wind-down of the trade conflict, warning that such a move could carry heavy political costs for him within the Chinese Communist Party's cutthroat power structure.
21% : He's got to do it quietly and that's why President Trump is being so discreet about what's going on.

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