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China urges US to be positive while Trump bristles ahead of G20
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CHINA urged the United States to look forward to a positive outcome of a expected meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit on November 30 and December 1 in Buenos Aires, reports Bloomberg.
US President Trump has instead dismissed hope that there would be any deal to end the current trade war, even floating the possibility of escalating hostilities with new and heightened tariffs.
President Trump suggested that 10 per cent tariffs could be placed on mobile phones, like the Apple iPhone and laptops made in China.
The US is due to raise import duties on about US$200 billion worth of goods from China to 25 per cent from 10 per cent on January 1. The vast majority of iPhones and other Apple products are built in China and then exported globally.
Meanwhile, officials from both nations were working to follow through on a November 1 phone call between the two leaders during which they agreed to reach a "mutually acceptable proposal".
At the same time China's vice premier Liu He, speaking at a Hamburg conference, vowed to open Chinese markets in future, but provided few details.
Separately, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said: "The meeting is just around the corner. We hope the US could work with us to implement and follow the spirit of the phone call of the state leaders and ensure positive outcomes of the meeting."
In Hamburg Vice Premier Liu promised to open Chinese markets and contrasted the "enormous" interest in free trade shared by China and Europe with the stance taken by Mr Trump, who said he'll probably move forward with plans to increase tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods.
Mr Liu said China will carry out further steps to improve access for foreign companies "as fast and as early as possible", citing Xi's pledges to speed up the opening of telecommunications, education and medical care. China also will accelerate reform of its state-run enterprises, he said.
US President Trump has instead dismissed hope that there would be any deal to end the current trade war, even floating the possibility of escalating hostilities with new and heightened tariffs.
President Trump suggested that 10 per cent tariffs could be placed on mobile phones, like the Apple iPhone and laptops made in China.
The US is due to raise import duties on about US$200 billion worth of goods from China to 25 per cent from 10 per cent on January 1. The vast majority of iPhones and other Apple products are built in China and then exported globally.
Meanwhile, officials from both nations were working to follow through on a November 1 phone call between the two leaders during which they agreed to reach a "mutually acceptable proposal".
At the same time China's vice premier Liu He, speaking at a Hamburg conference, vowed to open Chinese markets in future, but provided few details.
Separately, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said: "The meeting is just around the corner. We hope the US could work with us to implement and follow the spirit of the phone call of the state leaders and ensure positive outcomes of the meeting."
In Hamburg Vice Premier Liu promised to open Chinese markets and contrasted the "enormous" interest in free trade shared by China and Europe with the stance taken by Mr Trump, who said he'll probably move forward with plans to increase tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods.
Mr Liu said China will carry out further steps to improve access for foreign companies "as fast and as early as possible", citing Xi's pledges to speed up the opening of telecommunications, education and medical care. China also will accelerate reform of its state-run enterprises, he said.