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US President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods may not be imposed until early June, administration officials said on Wednesday, with public consultations and potential tariff revisions buying time for discussions to forestall them.
CGTN host Tian Wei recently interviewed Stephen Orlins, the president of the National Committee on US-China Relations, on his unique perspective on what is going on between China and the US.
"I think the immediate politics of US-China relations are difficult," said Orlins.
Orlins believes we should start with asking the questions about what people are thinking about in their daily lives - such as terrorist attacks, how they will feed their children, and how to give a better life to the next generation? He feels this is the core of most citizens' daily fears. "In the end, people of New York and people of Shanghai have the same worries," said Orlins.
Trump's words fuelled fears that a China-US trade war is inevitable. But Orlins said that the US is now in consultation over tariffs on Chinese goods, "60 billion, of course, has not entered into force. We don't even know what products are going to be covered by this tariff."
The tariffs are meant to punish China over US allegations that Beijing systematically misappropriated American intellectual property (IP) and to prompt changes in various Chinese government policies aimed at forcing technology transfers.
Orlins stated, "ultimately, the US-China long-term relationship is going to be decided by people of China and the United States."
If the tariff is going to be implemented, Orlins said, "Once you fired your first shot, you can't take that shot back.
China will retaliate. So if there are 60 billion of Chinese goods being exported to the US, I will expect a similar amount of the US goods to be tariffed that is coming into China."
(CGTN)
