Only cooperation benefits Sino-US trade

Before US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson wrapped up his recent visit to China, he made it clear that Washington is ready to develop relations with Beijing on the principles of no confrontation, no conflict, mutual respect and win-win cooperation.

That on his very first visit to China he reiterated the important principles proposed by China in 2013 should come as a reassuring sign. But now it is up to Washington to take the right approach to China-US trade ties.

About a week before President Xi Jinping meets with his US counterpart Donald Trump in the United States, senior White House officials are reportedly preparing to "confront" China over its "unfair handling" of the auto industry.