中美之間的貿易戰，中方稱為“貿易摩擦”，顯然有意降低緊張的層次，以利兩國關係，這是中國的穩重之處。

我們注意到，美方不斷放話，是中方正在並將繼續退讓，美方談判取得勝利，這點在西方和反華傳媒的報導裡不少見。

可實情呢？看下面習大大怎麼說便知分曉：（以下是著名經濟學家李稻葵的說法，絕不會是假的）

“China was patient, and was not eager to reach a deal in [the period between] May and November” last year, Li said at Credit Suisse’s Asia Investment Conference in Hong Kong, recounting a December 2018 phone call with the Chinese head of state Xi Jinping. “Let’s see who blinks first,” he recalled Xi as saying.

https://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/3003199/china-played-long-game-see-who-blinks-first-when-2018-us