China insists it is unaware of calls to Trump and says tariffs are 'extreme pressure' and 'not const

[UpInArms]

Source: CNBC

One day later, China is still insisting no phone calls took place over the weekend that President Donald Trump claimed showed its willingness to talk again.

"I have not heard of this situation regarding the two calls that the U.S. mentioned in the weekend," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at press conference on Tuesday. He had denied on Monday that the calls had taken place.

"Regretfully, the U.S. has further increased the tax rate on China's exports to the U.S. This extreme pressure is purely harmful to both sides and not constructive at all," Geng said, according to a CNBC translation.

On Monday, Trump said at the G-7 summit in France that China in recent phone conversations expressed its desire for a deal. His comment renewed hopes for a resolution between the world's two largest economies, pushing the market higher as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained more than 250 points Monday.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/08/27/xinhua-china-insists-it-is-unaware-of-calls-to-trump.html

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Another lie, from the lying liar, exposed

[Hoyt]

1. trump's lies were his inept way of saying, "I can't publicly admit defeat, but I'm willing to talk

further and moderate my demands."

[groundloop]

2. Gee..... whom are we supposed to believe?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. They probably took place while Melania was meeting Kim Jong-un.

[dalton99a]

4. Yep.

[duforsure]

5. He lies so much

And breaks agreements with excuses, why would they waste their time talking to him. Then he'll lie more claiming China won't talk because he'll lie and say they're waiting to see if the Dems get into office because he'll claim they'd make a better deal for China, and nothing could be further from the truth then what comes out of trump's mouth.

[Maxheader]

18. Bush..shrub..

was the same way...totally wrecked post 9- 11 negotiations in Afghanistan..

[bucolic_frolic]

6. Trump has no remaining credibility

Trump can say anything and it's not believed.

Foreign governments can say anything he said is a lie.

Once it's gone, credibility cannot be rebuilt. Trump is useless.

[Scarsdale]

7. I, for one

believe the Chinese over tRump. What a situation to live with. We have a president who is not trustworthy.

[TruthAlwaysWins]

8. Just curious, but could it be

that Drumpf makes these kinds of claims in order to manipulate the stock market?

[rurallib]

9. Is Trump just saying stuff to manipulate the stock market for his buddies

knowing full well that a claim of some kind of movement with China sends the market jumping up and a story of more trouble with China sends the market into a tailspin.

[johnnyfins]

10. Isnt it illegal to influence, or try to influence the

markets. What a f'ing liar. Shithole.

[padah513]

16. It used to be

But we're playing by Bizarro World rules now.

[Hulk]

11. It's how a thug operates

Negotiating without diplomacy... simply strong-arming your adversaries. He is a real coward and con artist.

[iluvtennis]

15. + agree - he's a coward and a con. nt

[The Liberal Lion]

12. As an aside to this post

The Dow gaining 250 points based solely on the utterings coming from the orange liar is absurd. There is no logic whatsoever. The amount of red ink being added to the US balance sheets and the knowledge that that huge amount of debt being racked up is not going towards any worthy investment vehicle combined with the fact that trump's tax cuts are not providing any significant stimulus to the economy that wasn't already present prior to his illegitimate accession to the white house, and that they along with his ultra stupid tariff/tax is actual causing the economy to slow shows just how weak the US economy is. Our economy is a house of cards built on a foundation of rapidly increasing unsustainable debt. The Dow then is little more than a gauge of speculation and is not in anyway a measure for the actual strength of the economy.

[WiffenPoof]

13. Unfortunately...

We may know he is lying, but his base will believe every word.

Trump is not the problem. The problem is how we deal with his base once he is gone.

[FiveGoodMen]

14. Absolutely!!!

That's my concern as well.

[ck4829]

17. Kick