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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 5 (Xinhua) — China has called on the United States to refrain from generalizing and abusing the concept of national security and to work with all parties to safeguard the rules-based multilateral trading system, Ministry of Commerce spokesperson He Yongqian said Thursday.
He made this statement at a regular departmental press conference when he was asked to comment on the US decision to raise duties on imported steel, aluminum and their derivatives from 25 percent to 50 percent.
He Yongqian noted that such actions by the US not only cause harm to other countries and themselves, but also seriously disrupt the stability of global production and supply chains.
He concluded that the United States must abandon the zero-sum mentality, address each side’s concerns through equal dialogue, and jointly maintain the stability of global production and supply chains. -0-