Responding to a question about whether China is currently engaged in trade agreement negotiations with the US after the White House claimed that the US was "setting the stage for a deal with China on trade," China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Wednesday that China's position on the US-initiated tariff war is very clear.
If the US side truly wishes to solve tariff-related issues with China through dialogue and negotiation, it must stop threatening and extorting, and conduct the dialogue on the basis of equality, respect and mutual benefits, Guo said.