There have not been any bilateral talks over trade frictions between China and the United States, China's Ministry of Commerce said on April 19.

The U.S. should produce new products for export to China to reduce the trade deficit.

Those who take Trump more literally on trade issues warn that he really does measure success by rebalancing trade in favor of significantly more U.S. exports and fewer imports. Most trade experts would agree that none of the concessions China is likely to make in the near future would significantly erode China’s massive trade surplus with the United States.

Long the ballast of China-U.S. relations, bilateral trade is now a sore point.

Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai urged U.S. to "make the right choice at the crossroads of history" for relations with China.

By turning inward and prioritizing a few domestic factories over the larger dynamics at play between the U.S. and China, President Trump seems to be fighting the small battles and conceding the bigger ones.

Both China and the U.S. have instituted a waiting period before the $50 billion tariffs take effect, with the hope that negotiation may prevent either administration from having to implement them. How likely is it that the countries will come to an agreement?

While Xi’s speech at the Boao Forum did not outline any particularly new or bold initiatives, policy makers in Washington, D.C. should take these market opening moves as the basis for negotiating an agreement.

China plays a positive role in the world system.

China has the means and the will to take the US on.