The Chinese government tore up a trade deal with the United States in May 2019.
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Bannon`s War RoomJul 27, 2026
In May 2019 China reneged on almost all of a nearly finished draft trade agreement with the U.S., and the talks collapsed without a deal on May 10 after U.S. tariffs rose.
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… Why is nobody pursuing it aggressively except for a handful of patriots? Because of their infiltration everywhere and the money they're spreading everywhere, and you can see that in these documents. Their number one objective, after they tore up the trade deal in May of 2019, was to remove Donald Trump, where they had to do it with a, with a, uh, a biological weapon coming from Wuhan, or had to steal the 2020 election by hook or crook. They were getting Trump out of there. …
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Supports. Reuters reported on May 8, 2019, citing government and private sector sources, that a Chinese cable systematically edited the nearly 150-page draft agreement and deleted China's commitments in every chapter.[3]
Supports. AP reported that trade talks broke up on May 10, 2019 with no agreement, hours after the U.S. raised tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports to 25% from 10%.[1]
Supports. A PacForum analysis states that US-China trade talks collapsed after China reneged on a significant portion of the draft agreement, in the same month.[4]
Context. The Reuters flashpoints timeline places China's backtracking on the draft pact just before the U.S. tariff notice of May 8 and the increase effective May 10.[2]
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4 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 2 not rated
- 1US-China talks break up after US raises tariffs | AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Flashpoints in the U.S.-China trade warreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3Exclusive: China backtracked on almost all aspects of U.S. trade dealfinance.yahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4THE TRADE DEAL FALLS THROUGHcc.pacforum.org · not rated · cited for: supports
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