Translation. Region: Russian Federal
Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian –
Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 29 (Xinhua) — Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yongqian on Thursday called on the United States to completely abandon the wrong practice of unilaterally imposing additional customs duties.
At a regular press briefing, He Yongqian noted that on May 28, the US Court of International Trade ruled that the global, retaliatory and so-called fentanyl tariffs were illegal, ordered that they be lifted and their use permanently stopped.
The Chinese side has consistently maintained that there can be no winners in a trade war and that protectionism has no prospects.
“Since the introduction of unilateral tariff measures by the United States, not only have they failed to solve any of the American problems, but they have also caused serious damage to the international trade and economic order, and have also significantly disrupted the production and economic activities of enterprises, and the life and consumption of the population,” He Yongqian stated.
The official stressed that the tariffs had harmed other countries without benefiting the United States itself, and that they had provoked a massive wave of criticism within the United States itself.
He Yongqian also said that since the China-US trade and economic talks in Geneva, the two sides have maintained communication on trade issues at various levels in various bilateral and multilateral formats.
China has had repeated contacts with the United States recently over Washington’s abuse of export controls in the semiconductor sector, she said.
China once again calls on the US to immediately correct its wrong practices, stop discriminatory restrictive measures against China, and jointly uphold the consensus reached at the high-level talks in Geneva with China, the spokeswoman added. –0–