Beijing is trying to win over other countries with vows of economic cooperation. But it won’t back down from its territorial claims, experts predict.

China on Wednesday paused some non-tariff measures taken against 17 U.S. entities put on its unreliable entity list in April and 28 U.S. entities on its export control list, the commerce ministry said.

The U.S. had been slapping fresh 145% tariffs on products coming into the country from China. Meanwhile, China responded with 125% tariffs on incoming American items. In a joint statement released by The White House on Monday,