The United States has actively sought contact with China to begin talks on President Donald Trump’s controversial punitive tariffs. This is according to the Chinese state-affiliated social media channel Yuyuan Tantian, citing anonymous sources. „The US has proactively reached out to China through multiple channels, hoping to hold discussions on the tariff issue,“ reads a post on the channel’s official Weibo page. This could be the first sign that Beijing is willing to negotiate in principle – at least under certain conditions.