CNBC: Xi has strong words for Trump: 'In our culture, we punch back' — report
* Chinese President Xi Jinping said last week he will not hesitate to retaliate against the U.S. on trade, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing sources.
* Xi was speaking Thursday to the Global CEO Council, a China-organized group of roughly 20 chief executives from mostly Western multinational companies such as Goldman Sachs and Volkswagen, the Journal said.
Chinese President Xi Jinping said last week that he will not hesitate to retaliate against the U.S. on trade, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing sources.
“In the West you have the notion that if somebody hits you on the left cheek, you turn the other cheek,” Xi said in the report, according to people briefed on his remarks. “In our culture, we punch back.”
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WNU Editor: Truth be told .... the Chinese have been punching the U.S. in the face for the past 20 years when it comes to trade. It is also moments like this that I have to wonder what advice is Chinese President Xi getting. He is basically issuing a threat to the U.S. that they must permit Chinese goods to enter the U.S. unhindered .... and that the trade imbalance between the two countries must continue (if not get bigger). And of course there is no mention from him on Chinese tariffs and restrictions that are limiting U.S. goods from entering China. Bottom line .... Chinese President Xi is clearly not interested in compromise, he has issued his demands and he expects the U.S. to surrender to them. And no .... he is not bluffing. My recommendation to President Trump .... keep on putting tariffs, and tell Western multinational corporations with big investments in China that they better re-evaluate their positions.
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