FM: Politics and trade will remain separate

China will not politicize trade issues, even when its foreign trade potentially enters an era of overall deficits, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday.

"As time goes by, fundamental changes will sooner or later take place in the structure of China's trade with the US and other countries," Wang said at the opening ceremony of the China-Latin America Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum in Santiago, Chile.

Many countries including the United States will see their exports to China outweigh imports from China in the future, Wang said.