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The Chinese Communist Party leadership made a big public scene to tell the world there were not talks with the Trump administration after the tariff tit-for-tat that saw Chinese import fees go up 145% after 'Liberation Day'.

They were lying. Trump was telling the truth that 'negotiations' were happening during the mounting economic tension.

Zero Hedge reported the following:

And now, thanks to the FT we learn that we have China's capitulation to thank for all of this. 

Recall that on April 25 we reported something which no other US media outlet carried, namely that a "Chinese Delegation Spotted Entering Treasury Department" in a meeting shrouded in secrecy as China "Demanded All Photos Be Deleted." 

All except for the one below:

Naturally, we suggested that this was an overture to China offering an olive branch to the Trump admin on US soil in hopes of reaching a trade deal, a speculation which the TDS-crowd fumed over.

It turns out we were right, and as the FT writes, "the first meeting to break the US-China trade deadlock was held almost three weeks ago in the basement of the IMF headquarters, arranged under cover of secrecy."

US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent, who was attending the IMF spring meetings in Washington, met China’s finance minister Lan Fo’an to discuss the near complete breakdown in trade between the world’s two biggest economies, according to people familiar with the matter.

The previously unreported encounter was the first high-level meeting between US and Chinese officials since Donald Trump’s inauguration and the launch of his tariff war. The Treasury declined to comment on the secret meeting.

The talks culminated this weekend in Geneva with Bessent and He Lifeng, China’s vice-premier, agreeing a ceasefire that would slash respective tariffs by 115 percentage points for 90 days.

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