Trump says China ‘totally violated’ tariff truce after US warns trade talks have ‘stalled’ | World News

US President Donald Trump Friday signalled a fresh escalation in trade tensions with China, accusing Beijing of having “totally violated” a recently negotiated deal with Washington, despite what he called a “fast deal” meant to help stabilise China’s “grave economic danger!”.
“The very high tariffs I set made it virtually impossible for China to trade into the United States,” Trump wrote. He claimed the abrupt halt in trade had devastating effects, leading to factory closures and “civil unrest” in China.
However, he accused China of failing to uphold its end of the agreement. “The bad news is that China… HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US,” Trump said. Ending the post on a sour note, he added, “So much for being Mr. NICE GUY!”
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His comments, made in a Truth Social post, come at a time when negotiations between the world’s two largest economies appear to be stalling.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s statement while speaking to Fox News on Thursday, that trade talks with China were “a bit stalled,” had a note of hope — that Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping might eventually speak directly to break the deadlock.
In his post, Trump also said that he intervened out of concern for China’s economic stability, not for the US, and struck a deal to ease the situation. “Everything quickly stabilised and China got back to business as usual. Everybody was happy! That is the good news!!!” he wrote.

The deal in question had seen both nations agree to reduce staggering tariffs for 90 days—Washington lowered additional tariffs from 145 per cent to 30 per cent, while Beijing cut its own import taxes levied on the US from 125 per cent to 10 per cent.Story continues below this ad
Trump, however, did not specify how China had violated the agreement, though his comments mark an escalation in tensions between the two biggest economies in the world.
Earlier, US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, in an interview with CNBC said that the Trump adminration has “been very focused on monitoring Chinese compliance, or in this case, noncompliance, with the agreement.”