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BEIJING (AP) – Chinese Prime Minister Lee Qiang said on Sunday that Beijing and Washington should choose the dialogue instead of confrontation, as the two countries are being held in increased friction with the commercial tariffs and efforts to combat the illegal fentanel trade.
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Lee was speaking during a meeting with American Senator Steve Denz, a strong supporter of President Donald Trump, the first member of Congress to visit Beijing since Trump took office in January. The meeting also included the leaders of many American companies, including Raj Supramamiam, CEO of Fedex Corp, and Boeing Co. Vice President, Senior Vice President Boeing Co.
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He told me that the relations between the two countries “reached an important turn,” and Chinese President Xi Jinping indicated that the two countries could become partners and friends who contribute to each other's success during a call with Trump in January.
He said: “Our side needs to choose the dialogue on the confrontation, and cooperation beating the zero competition.”
He added that China hopes that the United States will work together to enhance fixed and sustainable development of relations between China and the United States.
Chinese official news agency Xinhua also reported that there is no winner in a commercial war. He said China welcomes foreign companies, including companies from the United States, to exchange development opportunities in the country. It will work to solve reasonable demands for companies and the treatment of local and foreign companies equally, and the report was quoted.
During the Trump's first administration, Daines was a decisive period when the definitions were a major issue as well. Before the trip to China, his office said he was closely coordinated with the White House and will carry President Trump's first first agenda. “
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Since his arrival in the Chinese capital on Thursday, he spoke with the Chinese Deputy Prime Minister, who was Living to express Trump's ongoing invitation to Beijing to stop the flow of fentanels from China. In addition, he met with Deputy Foreign Minister Maoku.
Just months after Trump's second state, relations between the two largest economies in the world deteriorated. Washington slapped 20 % on Chinese imports, as Beijing returned with 15 % duties on American agricultural goods.
Trump plans to impose a “mutual” tariff by increasing the duties of the United States to match the tax prices imposed by other countries on imports “for fairness.” These mutual definitions are expected to be announced on April 2.
Earlier on Sunday, Lee said at the China Development Forum that his country may see unexpected shocks, especially external factors. He said that the government, when necessary, will introduce new policies to ensure the operation of the local economy smoothly. The forum is an event sponsored by the government calling for senior officials and business leaders, including senior executives from outside China.
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In the face of the high economic fragmentation and instability, he told me that it has become more important for every country to open its markets, which calls on entrepreneurs to help maintain economic globalization in a proactive way.
“We are not against competition, but we must defend fair competition under internationally recognized rules, rather than zero games or deliberate repression of evil competition by other countries,” he said.
The United States has also criticized China for not doing enough to stop exporting the type of anti -fentanels, which is a very strong opium that blames tens of thousands of deaths in the United States
Beijing responded with a report that explains the detail of his efforts to control illegal trade in Fintanel, specifically the components of the opioid materials made in China. The report said that China is committed to cooperation, but it is opposed to the United States imposing unreasonable pressure on China on the pretext of responding to issues related to fentanel.
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