China blasts U.S. for its computer chip moves and for threatening student visas

China blasted the U.S. on Monday (June 2, 2025) over moves it alleged harmed Chinese interests, including issuing Al chip export control guidelines, stopping the sale of chip design software to China, and planning to revoke Chinese student visas.

- GNS News Agency

“These practices seriously violate the consensus" reached during trade discussions in Geneva last month, the Commerce Ministry said in a statement. That referred to a China-U.S. joint statement in which the United States and China agreed to slash their massive recent tariffs, restarting stalled trade between the world's two biggest economies.

But last month's de-escalation in President Donald Trump's trade wars did nothing to resolve underlying differences between Beijing and Washington, and Monday's (June 2, 2025) statement showed how easily such agreements can lead to further turbulence. The deal lasts 90 days, creating time for U.S. and Chinese negotiators to reach a more substantive agreement. But the pause also leaves tariffs higher than before Mr. Trump started ramping them up last month. And businesses and investors must contend with uncertainty about whether the truce will last.