China’s Foreign Ministry: US and China Should Meet Each Other Halfway on Trade

The language is notably conciliatory, but it comes from a ministry spokesperson at a routine briefing rather than from trade negotiators, so it signals tone rather than terms. For markets exposed to cross-border trade and the assets tied to it, the operative question is whether this rhetorical opening is followed by concrete engagement between the two sides. Until then, it reads as positioning ahead of any future talks rather than a shift in the underlying relationship.