{"id":1290,"date":"2025-05-10T07:58:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T07:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2025-05-10T07:58:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T07:58:58","slug":"negotiators-to-seek-tariff-de-escalation-in-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1290","title":{"rendered":"Negotiators to Seek Tariff De-Escalation in Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at upcoming <strong>U.S.-China<\/strong> trade talks, foreign attendance at <strong>Russia<\/strong>\u2019s Victory Day parade, and ongoing clashes between <strong>India<\/strong> and <strong>Pakistan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Trade War Negotiations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators are gearing up for <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/05\/09\/china-us-trade-tariffs-deal-geneva-trump-xi\/?tpcc=recirc_latest062921\">high-stakes trade talks<\/a> in Switzerland on Saturday. De-escalating the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/live\/us-china-trade-war-tariffs\/\">trade war<\/a> is a top priority for both Team Trump (represented by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer) and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, Beijing\u2019s top economic official. But with neither side <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/05\/09\/china-us-trade-war-tariffs-trump-xi\/\">willing to lose face<\/a> in negotiations, the likelihood that Saturday\u2019s dialogue culminates in a trade agreement remains low.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at upcoming <strong>U.S.-China<\/strong> trade talks, foreign attendance at <strong>Russia<\/strong>\u2019s Victory Day parade, and ongoing clashes between <strong>India<\/strong> and <strong>Pakistan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-fallback\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/category\/world-brief\/\">Sign up<\/a>  to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.            <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-shortcode-newsletter=\"world_brief\" class=\"newsletter-unit-signup newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode email-capture--step-1 newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief newsletter-shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"show-on-email-capture--signed-up hide-from-newsletter-subscriber newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode--container\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit newsletters-page newsletter-row\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">Sign up to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.<\/h2>\n<p>\n                        <button class=\"button\">Sign Up<\/button>\n                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"grid--flex newsletter-world_brief newsletter-signup-container\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"World Brief sign up form\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"buttons\">\n<div class=\"hide-from-newsletter-subscriber privacy-policy-container\">\n<div class=\"privacy-policy-acknowledge\">\n<p><small>By submitting your email, you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/termsofuse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us. 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De-escalating the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/live\/us-china-trade-war-tariffs\/\">trade war<\/a> is a top priority for both Team Trump (represented by U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer) and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, Beijing\u2019s top economic official. But with neither side <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/05\/09\/china-us-trade-war-tariffs-trump-xi\/\">willing to lose face<\/a> in negotiations, the likelihood that Saturday\u2019s dialogue culminates in a trade agreement remains low.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy sense is that this will be about de-escalation, not about the big trade deal,\u201d Bessent told Fox News on Tuesday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpoxCHN_LinJian\/status\/1920099252698591319\">Lin Jian<\/a> wrote on Wednesday that \u201cChina is open to dialogue, but any dialogue must be based on equality, respect and mutual benefit.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A lot is riding on Saturday\u2019s talks between the world\u2019s two largest economies. On Friday, new Chinese customs data <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/fd98d384-fa82-489e-8f50-0ff84214733c\">indicated<\/a> that Chinese global exports grew 8.1 percent in April compared to the previous year despite Trump imposing sweeping tariffs last month. This unexpectedly strong performance represents a setback for Washington, as it strengthens Beijing\u2019s hand ahead of negotiations and demonstrates that China\u2019s recent efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/05\/08\/trump-china-tariffs-exports-hukou-reforms\/\">court trade elsewhere<\/a> have worked. Beijing has diverted trade flows to the Indo-Pacific and Europe, with the largest increases in outbound shipments going to Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, however, is hoping that his hard-line playbook will bolster U.S. negotiating power. On Wednesday, for instance, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Zlica8F0YPw\">said<\/a> he was not willing to lessen U.S. duties on China (currently totaling 145 percent for most goods) even if doing so would help jump-start negotiations. Yet just two days later, he seems to have changed his tune, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114477628854583525\">suggesting<\/a> on Friday that he would be willing to cut U.S. duties. \u201c80% Tariff on China seems right!\u201d he wrote on Truth Social. Chinese retaliatory tariffs sit at 125 percent.<\/p>\n<p>In Geneva, the Trump negotiating team is expected to focus on getting China to decrease <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7284269\/china-trade-talks-trump\/?utm_source=beehiiv&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter-the-brief&amp;_bhlid=76bc80db31add10473bc1385d664f7fe15ae3b25\">nontariff barriers<\/a> to U.S. exports. This would echo a similar strategy used during Trump\u2019s first term, when he stipulated that Beijing must buy an additional $200 billion in U.S. exports over 2020 and 2021. China fell short of these levels, though, and Bessent told Fox News that the White House is prepared to take Beijing\u2019s past noncompliance into account when negotiating new trade deals.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u2019s talks follow a week of U.S. trade negotiations around the world, with varying levels of success. On Thursday, Trump reached a <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/05\/08\/us-uk-trade-deal-details-tariffs-pope-robert-prevost-leo-xiv\/\">trade framework<\/a> with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer that would reduce most tariffs and allow for greater access to each other\u2019s markets. That same day, though, the European Union <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-trump-tariffs-wto-list-products-7ecab3aad84cb108c96cc6b242fcedc8?user_email=6b04284e4d00370f16d3dac0a626e01bf24d86e4d6995646867da6aa680488d0&amp;utm_medium=Morning_Wire&amp;utm_source=Sailthru_AP&amp;utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire_9%20May_2025&amp;utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers\">published<\/a> a list of U.S. imports that it plans to target with retaliatory duties if Trump does not end his trade war, and the European Commission said it would begin legal action at the World Trade Organization to challenge the so-called reciprocal tariffs that Trump announced last month.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/india-offers-slash-tariff-gap-by-two-thirds-dash-seal-trade-pact-with-trump-2025-05-09\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&amp;utm_term=050925&amp;lctg=607f1056abd4f461f466319b\">reported<\/a> on Friday that India has offered to cut its tariff gap with the United States from nearly 13 percent to less than 4 percent in exchange for U.S. tariff exemptions. This would reduce the two countries\u2019 average tariff differential, calculated across all products without weighting for trade volume, by 9 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany Trade Deals in the hopper, all good (GREAT!) ones!\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114477930037382424\">wrote<\/a> on Truth Social on Friday.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Today\u2019s Most Read<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>What We\u2019re Following<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Victory Day. <\/strong>Twenty-nine foreign leaders converged on Moscow on Friday to attend Russia\u2019s Victory Day parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II. Among those in attendance were Chinese President <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/05\/07\/china-xi-moscow-putin-victory-day-ukraine-drones-india-pakistan-strikes-kashmir\/\">Xi Jinping<\/a>, who arrived earlier this week for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin; Brazilian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/europe\/russia-parade-world-war-ii-putin-china-xi-trade-deal-tariffs-rcna205534\">Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva<\/a>, who said he was delivering a message from Kyiv calling for a sustained cease-fire; and Serbian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/may\/07\/xi-jinping-begins-russia-visit-china-ukrainian-drones-moscow\">Aleksandar Vucic<\/a>, who received such strong European backlash over his participation that Latvia and Lithuania reportedly barred his plane from using their airspace to fly to Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony went off without any attacks, despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warning this week that Kyiv \u201ccannot be held responsible for what happens on the territory of the Russian Federation\u201d during Victory Day celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the event was not without foreign condemnation. Ministers from almost 20 European nations met in the Ukrainian city of Lviv on Friday to back a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/europe-throws-support-behind-ukraine-special-tribunal-prosecute-russia-2025-05-09\/\">special tribunal<\/a> to prosecute Putin and other senior Russian officials for alleged war crimes against Kyiv. The tribunal, endorsed by 37 countries and set within the framework of the Council of Europe, could begin next year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Clashing allegations. <\/strong>India and Pakistan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/pakistan-armed-forces-launch-multiple-attacks-along-indias-entire-western-border-2025-05-09\/\">accused<\/a> each other on Friday of launching overnight drone and artillery attacks, bringing the total number of people said to have been killed since the fighting began on Wednesday to around 48. New Delhi\u2019s Air Force <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/05\/09\/world\/india-pakistan-kashmir\/here-is-the-latest?smid=url-share\">claimed<\/a> that Pakistan had used Turkish-made drones to target 36 locations in India\u2019s western and northwestern regions, India-controlled Kashmir, and along the edge of the Arabian Sea. Islamabad denied these allegations and instead pointed to Indian drone strikes in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Each side has accused the other of being responsible for civilian deaths.<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, and Iran have sent or plan to deploy their diplomats to the region to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/09\/world\/asia\/india-pakistan-gulf-states.html\">try to de-escalate<\/a> the conflict. But several major powers\u2014including the United States, Russia, and the United Kingdom\u2014have refrained from seeking a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/world\/asia\/india-pakistan-war-trump-usa-terrorist-delhi-lahore-jets-rcna205765\">direct mediation role<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, India has greater capabilities and an ability to resist pressure from countries,\u201d Tanvi Madan, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/05\/09\/india-pakistan-conflict-de-escalation\/\">told<\/a> FP\u2019s Ravi Agrawal this week. \u201cWhether it\u2019s the Europeans or the U.S., they have other goals with India that they don\u2019t want to actually adversely affect. And so, they\u2019re not getting as involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cease-fire violation. <\/strong>Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/israel-conducted-14-strikes-south-lebanon-lebanese-security-sources-say-2025-05-08\/\">launched<\/a> dozens of airstrikes at southern Lebanon on Thursday, allegedly hitting a \u201cHezbollah infrastructure site.\u201d At least one person was killed and another eight injured. This was one of the heaviest Israeli bombardments of Lebanon since Israel and Hezbollah struck a cease-fire deal last November.<\/p>\n<p>Under the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2024\/11\/26\/five-questions-ceasefire-israel-hezbollah-lebanon\/\">truce\u2019s terms<\/a>, Hezbollah cannot operate in areas near the Litani River, which is roughly 12 miles from the Israeli border. In exchange, Israeli troops must withdraw from Lebanon, and the Lebanese army will man the region to maintain the peace. However, the cease-fire has largely gone ignored by both sides, with Hezbollah still firing rockets into Israel and Israeli forces <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/01\/24\/israel-military-withdrawal-lebanon-hezbollah-cease-fire-deadline-trump-administration\/\">remaining present<\/a> in parts of Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll Israeli violations of U.N. Resolution 1701 and cease-fire agreements must come to an end,\u201d Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nawafasalam\/status\/1920407431948980325\">wrote<\/a> on X, condemning Thursday\u2019s attack. \u201cThe Lebanese government has not\u2014and will not\u2014stop pushing for Israel\u2019s full withdrawal from our territory.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>What in the World?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Who was selected as the new pope, the leader of the Catholic Church, on Thursday?<\/p>\n<p>A. Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin<br \/>B. Philippine Cardinal Luis Tagle<br \/>C. American Cardinal Robert Prevost<br \/>D. American Cardinal Joseph Tobin<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Odds and Ends<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>For those looking to add a little geopolitics to their <em>vinyasa<\/em> flows, the November Project fitness group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/november-project-friday-embassy-of-canada-tickets-1343764889959?utm-campaign=social&amp;utm-content=attendeeshare&amp;utm-medium=discovery&amp;utm-term=listing&amp;utm-source=cp&amp;aff=ebdsshcopyurl\">hosted<\/a> a free yoga class at the Canadian Embassy in Washington on Friday. Despite enjoying a <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/photo-shows-canadian-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-taking\/story?id=38079011\">good workout<\/a>, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not make a surprise appearance. But maybe that\u2019s because nowadays, there\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/03\/12\/quebec-international-relations-minister-trump-tariffs-united-states-canada\/\">more at stake<\/a> for U.S.-Canada soft (and mindful) power.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>And the Answer Is\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>C. American Cardinal Robert Prevost<\/p>\n<p>Prevost, who was born in Chicago, has spent the bulk of his adult life in Italy and Peru. He shares the late Pope Francis\u2019s vision for \u201ca better kind of politics,\u201d Christopher White <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/05\/07\/conclave-elect-american-pope\/\">writes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To take the rest of FP\u2019s weekly international news quiz, <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/05\/09\/foreign-policy-news-quiz-australia-singapore-election-india-pakistan-strikes-terrorism-pope-conclave\/\">click here<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/alerts\/\">sign up<\/a> to be alerted when a new one is published.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/05\/09\/china-us-trade-tariff-talks-trump-bessent-greer-russia-victory-day-ukraine\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at upcoming U.S.-China trade talks, foreign attendance at Russia\u2019s Victory Day parade, and ongoing clashes between India and Pakistan. 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