China Wants a Deal With Trump, Foreign Ministry Adviser Says
- Direct Xi-Trump talks best way to fend off a trade war: Wu
- China doesn’t want a tariff fight, will retaliate if necessary
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China wants a deal with US President-elect Donald Trump but doesn’t expect the path to an agreement will be easy, according to an adviser to the Foreign Ministry in Beijing.
“For the Chinese side a deal is desirable,” said Wu Xinbo, director at Fudan University’s Center for American Studies in Shanghai, who led a group of experts in China’s Foreign Ministry to meet politicians and business executives in the US earlier this year. “We don’t want to have a trade war.”