China says it’s evaluating U.S. overtures to initiate talks on trade
PUBLISHED THU, MAY 1 2025 8:36 PM
Anniek Bao
China said it is evaluating U.S. overtures to initiate trade negotiations, potentially paving the way for the world’s two largest economies to start talks to resolve a trade war that has rumbled financial markets and cast a pall on global economic activity.
Senior U.S. officials have reached out recently “through relevant parties multiple times,” hoping to start negotiations with China on tariffs, a spokesperson for the commerce ministry said in a statement Friday.
While assessing the situation, Chinese authorities reiterated Beijing’s request for the U.S. to “correct its wrongdoings” by removing all unilateral tariffs. Failure to do so would indicate “an outright lack of sincerity” from Washington and “further compromise mutual trust,” according to a CNBC translation.
“If the U.S. wants to talk, it should show its sincerity and be prepared to correct its wrong practices and cancel the unilateral tariffs,” according to the statement.
U.S. President Donald Trump has slapped tariffs of 145% on imported Chinese goods this year, prompting China to impose retaliatory levies of 125%. So far, both sides have sought to blunt the economic impact of tariffs by granting exemptions on certain critical products.
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然而 cnbc 在报道中引用的中国官方声明全文如下：
来源：商务部新闻办公室 类型：原创 分类：新闻 2025-05-02 08:00
https://www.mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/xwfyrth/ ... ffd7e.html
商务部新闻发言人就中美经贸对话磋商情况答记者问
有记者问：近期美方多次表示，正与中方就经贸问题进行谈判，并会达成协议，请问商务部对此有没有进一步的消息和评论？
答：中方注意到美方高层多次表态，表示愿与中方就关税问题进行谈判。同时，美方近期通过相关方面多次主动向中方传递信息，希望与中方谈起来。对此，中方正在进行评估。
中方立场始终如一，打，奉陪到底；谈，大门敞开。关税战、贸易战是由美方单方发起的，美方想谈就应拿出谈的诚意，要在纠正错误做法、取消单边加征关税等问题上做好准备，拿出行动。我们注意到，美方近期不断就调整关税措施放风。中方想要强调的是，任何可能的对话、会谈中，如果美方不纠正错误的单边关税措施，则说明美方完全没有诚意，且会进一步损害双方互信。说一套、做一套，甚至试图以谈为幌子，搞胁迫讹诈，在中方这里是行不通的。
我觉得美国新闻报道与中国商务部的声明相差甚远。或者是我理解错了？