Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 7 (Reporters Ma Zhuoyan and Liu Yang) Vice Premier He Lifeng, as the leader of China-US economic and trade, will hold talks with US Treasury Secretary Becent during his visit to Switzerland. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in an answer to a question at a regular press conference on the 7th that the US has recently expressed its hope of negotiating with China. This talks were held at the request of the US side. China firmly opposes the US's abuse of tariffs, and this position has not changed at all.
"At the same time, we have said many times that China is open to dialogue, but any dialogue must be based on equality, respect and reciprocity. Any form of pressure and coercion will not work for China. China will firmly safeguard its legitimate interests and safeguard international fairness and justice." Lin Jian said.
In response to the recent US continued to exaggerate China's difficulty in withstanding the "pressure" brought by the imposition of high tariffs, Lin Jian said in his question that any external impact cannot change China's fundamentals with stable economic foundation, many advantages, strong resilience and great potential, nor can it change the solid trend of China's solid advancement of high-quality development.
"We have strong ability to withstand stress and sufficient measures to safeguard our legitimate rights and interests, and are willing to strengthen unity and coordination with the international community, jointly resist unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying, safeguard the multilateral trading system, and defend international fairness and justice." Lin Jian said.
