China signaled its resolve to stand up to President Trump’s efforts to pressure Beijing into a settlement on trade, vowing in a social-media video to “never kneel down” before U.S. coercion—and urging other countries to also resist.
In a video posted Tuesday, with a version narrated in Chinese and another in English, the Chinese Foreign Ministry denounced what it characterized as bullying tactics designed to shore up American hegemony and conveyed a feisty message that Beijing won’t back down from a trade standoff with Washington.
Titled “Never Kneel Down!” and posted on social-media platforms including Weibo and X, the video criticized Trump’s move earlier in April to declare a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs for all trading partners except China, just days after announcing them. The narration described the pause as a game designed to force countries to limit trade with Beijing.
“This is just likely the deadly trap of ‘the eye of the storm,’” the narration said over dramatic footage of lightning storms. The video also appealed to other countries to defy American pressure, saying, “When the rest of the world stands together in solidarity, the U.S. is just a small, stranded boat.”
The video comes as President Trump has struck a softer tone on trade tensions with China in recent days, fueling some optimism that the two governments could start hashing out a potential deal.
Beijing has responded to Trump’s tariffs by slapping 125% levies on American goods in retaliation to the U.S.’s 145% tariffs on Chinese products. Chinese officials have signaled a willingness to negotiate but not under duress, and it remains unclear if any progress is being made.
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