Xi is Trying to turn World Against US as Trump Cuts Deals

President Xi Jinping's diplomats are planning out across the world with a clear message for countries cutting deals with Donald Trump: The US is a bully that can't be trusted.

- PT News

Chinese officials are racing to turn foreign governments against the US inside a 90-day window Trump has granted all nations except Chinato strike trade deals during a tariff reprieve. Once those pacts are in place, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said he wants LS allies to "approach China as a group, giv ing his side more leverage in negoti ations. While US allies from South Korea to the European Union rely on Washington for security and have incentive to appease Trump economically, China is approaching the tariff battle on a more equal footing. Befjing has devoted years since Trump's last trade war to weaning its economy off many US exports, and has the world's largest military by number of active sol diers. Xi has resisted getting on the phone with Trump and his govern ment is demanding a removal of 'reciprocal' tariffs, even as the US insists the other side takes the first step in de-escalating. In doing so, China is casting itself as a champion of the rules-based order and is call ing on other countries to stand with Beijing agränst Washington.