China counters Trump’s accusations of Geneva trade deal viol

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lionhill
楼主 (文学城)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/02/china-says-the-us-undermined-geneva-trade-deal-after-trump-accusations.html   KEY POINTS China pushed back against Washington’s accusation that it had violated the Geneva agreement. The Trump administration has increased tech export restrictions and put pressure on Chinese students’ visas. Tensions between the U.S. and China have risen beyond just trade. Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth warned Saturday that the threat from China in the Indo-Pacific was “real” and “imminent.”
 

China on Monday refuted Washington’s claims that it had broken the Geneva trade agreement, instead accusing the U.S. for breaching deal terms, signaling talks between the worlds top two economies have taken a turn for the worse.

Trade frictions between Washington and Beijing have flared up after a hiatus following a meeting between U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and his Chinese counterpart He Lifeng in Geneva, Switzerland, that had led them to suspend most tariffs for 90 days.
 

The Trump administration has ratcheted up export restrictions on semiconductor design software and chemicals to China, while announcing it would revoke visas for Chinese students, drawing ire from Beijing.

Those steps “seriously undermine” the deal reached in Geneva, a Chinese commerce department spokesperson said, while vowing that Beijing would take measures to safeguard its rights and benefits, if the U.S. presses ahead with actions that “damage China’s interests.”

China has kept a firm grip on its rare earths exports, contrary to Washington’s expectations. Chinese state media in an article Monday touted coordinated efforts across the nation on scrutinizing and curbing illicit mining and exports of critical minerals.

Beijing is “comfortable taking an extremely firm stance in these negotiations” and “sees no reason to roll over,” said Stephen Olson, visiting senior fellow at Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore.

“It is well understood in Beijing that any deal reached with the U.S. will only buy some short-term peace, not the end of the story,” Olson added.

 

The U.S. has continued to “unilaterally provoke new economic and trade frictions, increasing the uncertainty and instability in the bilateral economic and trade relations,” the Chinese spokesperson said.

Last Friday, President Donald Trump accused China of violating its preliminary trade agreement with the U.S. In a social media post, Trump wrote, “China, perhaps not surprisingly to some, HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US. So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!”

Trump appears to be reacting to frustration over China’s “slow moves” on easing rare earths’ exports, which he sees as conflicting with the Geneva agreement, said Bert Hofman, professor at the East Asian Institute at the National University of Singapore.

Chinese commerce ministry said the U.S. accusations were “seriously contrary to the facts,” claiming that Beijing had “strictly implemented and actively upheld” the agreements, citing its steps to cancel and suspend certain tariff and non-tariff measures announced in April in response to Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs.

Trump-Xi call

Bessent said in a Fox News interview last week that bilateral trade talks were “a bit stalled,” requiring the two countries’ leaders to speak directly.

Dennis Wilder, a former senior White House intelligence official, attributed the deteriorating bilateral relations in part to the lack of coordination across U.S. government agencies. Bessent might not have been a part of the decision-making for the new chip export curbs and student visas policy, Wilder added.

The National Security Committee was in charge of coordinating inter-agency government work at the White House, but it is now “in turmoil” as Trump ordered a major overhaul that will shrink its size, he said.

“Bessent is desperate for the president to get on a call with Xi ... to weigh in and install some coherence in the government policies,” Wilder added.

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett signaled Sunday that Trump and Xi could talk on trade as early as this week. While the U.S. appears to seek a call, it is unlikely for that to happen in the near term, experts said, citing deep-seated differences between the two governments.

“The U.S. side seems very keen on a Trump-Xi meeting or phone call. This caters to Mr. Trump’s desire to be seen as the master dealmaker. In contrast, the Chinese tradition is the opposite:  leader’s meeting or call should take place once lower level officials have reached major agreements, with few if any points outstanding,” said Hofman. 

Tensions between the U.S. and China have risen beyond just trade, further diminishing chances of talks between the two leaders.

Addressing the annual defense summit Shangri-La Dialogue on Saturday in Singapore, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth warned that the threat from China’s mounting military pressure in the Indo-Pacific region was “real” and “imminent,” urging allied nations to boost defense spending to push back against Beijing.

China’s defense minister was absent at this year’s summit, a rare departure from its tradition of dispatching the top military official to the annual event for the first time since 2019.

Responding to Hegseth’s remarks, China’s embassy in Singapore said “the U.S. itself is the biggest ‘troublemaker’ for regional peace and stability.” A spokesperson for China’s defense ministry criticized Hegseth on Sunday for “instigating cold-war mentality” and “severely challenging China’s sovereignty and rights.”
 

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lionhill
限制中国学生签证真对美国有利吗?吸引中国顶级人才为美服务,为美国大学赚取大量学费,Rubio这种思维太短视
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lionhill
中美长期竞争不可避免,不光贸易领域,美国应放弃一家独大,管控分歧共同发展,否则只有对抗到底
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lionhill
一大早跑步,这火鸡闲庭信步

名校FAN
哈哈,只在Boston见过野火鸡
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lionhill
鹿和火鸡到处都是
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BBL123
限制专业就好.我小孩在top的top工学院毕业.中国学生是真偷技术呀,不限制不行

特別是硅谷混几年再偷,而目很多读研的不用付學費,美國可以放开所有专业除了理工

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Maui2021
确实有过剽窃自动驾驶技术的案例,比例不高。第二,华人怕中国人来了,抢走自己孩子的饭碗。哈哈。第二点才是真实原因。

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Maui2021
很难。中国人太聪明,学东西太快,美国搞出什么来,中国人都会迅速学明白。目前只能隔绝接触。拒绝来往了。
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lionhill
美国就缺顶级理工人材
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BBL123
不招大陆没事,招台湾就好,比三十几年前好很多.现在全球各地都要留美国,

特别是欧州各族的top欧州工学院毕业.一样要留硅谷.

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Pilot007
如果美国为了点学费钱导致家底被掏空,那真是短视
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5181
任何国家家长都怕被别人抢走孩子的饭碗吧.何况世上那有这么多所谓的“人才”?

否则就不会出现为了进好大学国内AP,Sat,IB,AMC作弊,搞得usamo cutoff分创历史新高了.

底线清晰
技术被偷不是问题。被偷说明你领先。不被偷,那才有问题。说明偷者不会搞研发,才依赖偷。
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5181
美国不缺理工人才,否则国内为啥要跑理工人才不好的国家去学习?
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5181
拿来主义而已,否则申请留学美国读大学为啥要复制考美国高中数理化竞赛?
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FollowNature
啥叫偷技术啊? 学技术好吧。本科生研究生学习是交学费的。
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5181
是应该好好学技术.哈佛中国女孩演讲都不知国内出口家电上都用当地国语言或英语说明.
越王剑
川普还想着打入中国市场。黄粱一梦

又什么可谈的。目前这个局面,对方已经准备好了终极一战,你还要去谈。不是和宋襄公一样嘛。

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西糖胡同
学校里有什么技术,学点方法而已

真正顶级的技术和know how在企业,而且是防备森严。工作软件没有给你权限就看不到。

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Sandcity2000
表达谈判诚意而已,那个内狠外怂的货怎么都不肯接触,想拖到老川任期结束,被韭菜们美化为不跪什么的,其实的确不需要再谈。
梦想-成真
呵呵,top的top工学院,是哪几所?

你家孩子亲眼看见中国学生偷美国技术了?去举报没?美国大学和教授都是瞎子,任由中国学生偷?

梦想-成真
美国不缺的话,为什么要从国外诏大批留学生和H1B
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pega
cheap labor
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lilac-pink
This is wishful thinking, copycat only, not called smart
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tz2000
确实应该严格控制,但是来了毕业以后就直接给长期工作签证或者绿卡,不能学完了就赶回去
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futufutu
终极一跪?
梦想-成真
美国人研究生并不比留学生拿得钱多,cheap在哪里?弯曲马工贫困线70万,看不出便宜
梦想-成真
那些喊着偷技术的,不知道自己当年有没有读过书。