- Title: China accuses U.S. of flip-flopping in trade negotiations
- Date: 31st July 2019
- Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JULY 31, 2019) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALISTS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING, SAYING: "Because you know during the past year of U.S.-China trade negotiations everyone can see clearly who has been going back on one's word, continuously flip-flopping. China's position on the trade negotiations however has been consistent throughout." JOURNALISTS SITTING (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESWOMAN HUA CHUNYING, SAYING: "(Over the past two days, trade) talks have taken place in Shanghai. I believe it doesn't make any sense for the U.S. to exercise its campaign of maximum pressure at this time. It's pointless to tell others to take medication when you're the one who is sick. I think on the issue of trade negotiations, the U.S. should show more sincerity and good faith." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY BUILDING CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG FLYING
- Embargoed: 14th August 2019 11:00
- Keywords: trade war Hua Chunying Chinese foreign ministry trade talks Trump Xi trade dispute
- Location: BEIJING, CHINA
- City: BEIJING, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Government/Politics,International Trade
- Reuters ID: LVA001AQ3XXS7
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- Story Text:China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday (July 31) that the United States was to blame for flip-flopping in bilateral trade negotiations over the past year, after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Beijing on Twitter against stalling talks.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying responded to Trump's tweet. "I believe it doesn't make any sense for the U.S. to exercise its campaign of maximum pressure at this time. It's pointless to tell others to take medication when you're the one who is sick," Hua said at a daily press briefing in Beijing.
Top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators concluded their latest round of trade negotiations in Shanghai earlier on Wednesday.
The trade war between the world's two largest economies has disrupted global supply chains and shaken financial markets, as each side has slapped tariffs on billions of dollars of each other's goods.
An official Chinese government survey released on Wednesday showed China's factory activity shrank for the third month in a row in July, underlining the growing strains the row has placed on the world's second largest economy.
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