China blasts US for its computer chip moves and for threatening student visas

TAIPEI Taiwan AP China blasted the U S on Monday over moves it alleged harmed Chinese interests including issuing AI chip export control guidelines stopping the sale of chip design program to China and planning to revoke Chinese apprentice visas These practices seriously violate the consensus reached during arrangement discussions in Geneva last month the Commerce Ministry stated in a comment That referred to a China-U S joint comment in which the United States and China agreed to slash their massive newest tariffs restarting stalled bargain between the world s two biggest economies But last month s de-escalation in President Donald Trump s transaction wars did nothing to resolve underlying differences between Beijing and Washington and Monday s comment exhibited how easily such agreements can lead to further turbulence The deal lasts days creating time for U S and Chinese negotiators to reach a more substantive agreement But the pause also leaves tariffs higher than before Trump started ramping them up last month And businesses and investors must contend with uncertainty about whether the truce will last U S Commerce Representative Jamieson Greer mentioned the U S agreed to drop the tax Trump imposed last month to China agreed to lower its tariff rate on U S goods to from The Commerce Ministry declared China held up its end of the deal canceling or suspending tariffs and non-tariff measures taken against the U S reciprocal tariffs following the agreement The United States has unilaterally provoked new economic and bargain frictions exacerbating the uncertainty and instability of bilateral economic and deal relations while China has stood by its commitments the announcement noted It also threatened unspecified retaliation saying China will continue to take resolute and forceful measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests And in response to latest comments by Trump it explained of the U S Instead of reflecting on itself it has turned the tables and unreasonably accused China of violating the consensus which is seriously contrary to the facts Trump stirred further debate Friday saying he will no longer be nice with China on transaction declaring in a social media post that the country had broken an agreement with the United States Hours later Trump announced in the Oval Office that he will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping and hopefully we ll work that out while still insisting China had violated the agreement The bad news is that China perhaps not surprisingly to certain HAS TOTALLY VIOLATED ITS AGREEMENT WITH US Trump posted So much for being Mr NICE GUY The Trump administration also stepped up the clash with China in other solutions last week announcing that it would start revoking visas for Chinese students studying in the U S U S campuses host more than students from China Both countries are in a race to develop advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence with Washington seeking to curb China s access to the the bulk advanced computer chips China is also seeking to displace the U S as the leading power in the Asia-Pacific including through gaining control over close U S partner and leading tech giant Taiwan