China eyes negotiations as Trump threatens new tariffs

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "Trump bragged on the campaign trail: 'Drill baby, drill,' so (he) will need the demand support," said Bo Zhengyuan, a Shanghai-based partner at consultancy Plenum.
61% : Beijing wants to sit down with Trump before he places more curbs on U.S. high-tech exports and to secure the renewal of the U.S.-China Science and Technology Agreement, said Alicia Garcia-Herrero, chief economist for the Asia Pacific at Natixis.
54% : China is better prepared to deal with almost any tariffs, short of an "Armageddon announcement" of a 60% tariff on all Chinese goods, said George Magnus, research associate at Oxford University's China Centre.
49% : "Reporting by Joe Cash; Graphics by Kripa Jayaram; Editing by Nicholas YongOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles., opens new tabSuggested Topics:ChinaJoe CashThomson ReutersJoe Cash reports on China's economic affairs, covering domestic fiscal and monetary policy, key economic indicators, trade relations, and China's growing engagement with developing countries.
45% : There are also non-economic factors at play.
24% : Trump has pledged additional tariffs of 10% on Chinese goods to push Beijing to do more to stop fentanyl flows into the U.S."Using political justifications for the imposition of trade restrictions ultimately makes the tensions much more intractable," said HSBC's Neumann.
20% : BEIJING, Dec 13 (Reuters) - As Donald Trump steps up his tariff threats against China, Beijing is moving to beat the next U.S. president to the punch with its own restrictions and get Washington to the negotiating table ahead of a full-blown trade war, analysts say.

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