China’s ambassador to Canada, Wang Di, has proposed a partnership between Beijing and Ottawa aimed at resisting American “bullying” and pushing back against U.S. tariffs. Wang suggested that both countries could collaborate to challenge Washington’s unilateral trade policies,

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday did not back President Donald Trump's assertion that tariff talks with China were under way and said he did not know if the U.S. president had talked to Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Beijing is going on an international charm campaign to coax other countries hit hard by “Liberation Day” tariffs to take on the U.S.