Chinese Commerce Ministry: US will hurt its own economy if trade war continues
|China's commerce ministry was out with some official comments in the last hour, confirming that the top US and Chinese trade officials will hold discussions under instruction from respective leaders.
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• Our stance on trade talks has been consistent and our fundamental demands must be met.
• Trump said during a call with Xi that a solution should be found soon.
• The US will hurt its own economy if the trade war continues.
• We hope that the US listens to industry voices and abandons the wrong behaviour of threatening tariffs and waging a trade war.
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