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China says US trade talks have not broken down, next round in Beijing
BEIJING, May 11, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – China’s top trade negotiator Liu He said
on Friday in Washington that trade talks with the US would continue in
Beijing but warned that there would be no concessions on “important
principles”.
“Negotiations have not broken down, but rather on the contrary, this is
only a normal twist in the negotiations between the two countries, it is
inevitable,” Liu told Chinese media.
“Both sides agree they will meet again in Beijing in the future and keep
pushing forward the negotiations,” he said without giving a date.
Although Liu deemed the two days of talks in the US “productive” he said
differences continued to exist.
“We have a consensus in lots of areas but to speak frankly there are areas
we have differnces on, and we believe these concern big principles,” he said.
“Every country has important principles, and we will not make concessions
on matters of principle.”
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