- Title: Chinese foreign minister reiterates that U.S. forced trade war on China
- Date: 22nd October 2019
- Summary: BERN, SWITZERLAND (OCTOBER 22, 2019) (REUTERS) WANG AND SWISS FOREIGN MINISTER, IGNAZIO CASSIS, DURING JOINT NEWS BRIEFING WANG DURING NEWS BRIEFING CAMERA (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER AND STATE COUNCILLOR, WANG YI, SAYING: "China doesn't want to do trade wars, this trade war was triggered by the United States, and China is a sovereign state and must take all the legitimate countermeasures to safeguard its interests, and to counter unilateral actions made by the United States. And we do so not only to protect our rights, but to protect the rights of the whole international community. We want to collaborate with Switzerland, together with them we want to protect multilateralism, and free trade." WANG AND CASSIS DURING NEWS BRIEFING PHOTOGRAPHER ON COMPUTER WAND AND CASSIS SHAKING HANDS AT THE END OF THE NEWS BRIEFING AND LEAVING
- Embargoed: 5th November 2019 11:16
- Keywords: trade war China United States trade dispute
- Location: BERN, SWITZERLAND
- City: BERN, SWITZERLAND
- Country: Switzerland
- Topics: Government/Politics,International Trade
- Reuters ID: LVA002B26JGHZ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The United States has forced an unwanted trade war on China and Beijing must take the necessary countermeasures to protect its interests, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday (October 22), on the sidelines of a visit to Switzerland.
State councillor Wang made the remarks during a press briefing in Bern.
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