US trade document gravely concerns Beijing

China expressed grave concerns about the Office of the United States Trade Representative accusing China, in a trade policy document earlier this week, of adopting "hostile policies" in trade activities, according to the Ministry of Commerce and analysts in Beijing.

The ministry's comments came after the USTR delivered the 2018 Trade Policy Agenda and 2017 Annual Report to the US Congress on Wednesday, criticizing China, Russia and other countries for adopting what it called "hostile policies" in trade activities, while ignoring China's contributions to the global economy.

"The report disregards China's concrete achievement in developing a market-oriented economy in past years and the fact that China strictly kept its WTO accession promises," according to an official with the ministry's Department of American and Oceanian Affairs.