"I want to help China, I'm not going to hurt China, but they have to give us things. I want them to buy soybeans, one of the things I want is China's going to buy soybeans."
"I want China to stop with the fentanyl, very normal things. I don't want them to play the rare earth game with us."
"I have a very good relationship with President Xi of China, we're having disputes on things. They're paying us a lot of money-tremendous amounts of money in tariffs-and they'd probably like it to be less and we'll work on that, but they have to give us some things."
Trump set conditions for easing U.S.-China trade measures, demanding China buy U.S. soybeans, curb fentanyl flows, and refrain from leveraging rare earths, while indicating existing tariff revenues give Washington bargaining power. The temporary pause on reciprocal tariffs will expire next month, with Washington threatening a 100% tariff increase on Chinese exports to the U.S. Chinese GDP rose 5.2% in the first three quarters of 2025, and exports to markets excluding the U.S. surged 14.8% even as shipments to America fell. Beijing's export diversification suggests China is weathering the tariff war more effectively than anticipated.
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