Negotiation is answer, scholars say

Harvard China forum speakers advise against starting trade war

As the trade tension escalates between China and the United States, US experts are calling for negotiations to settle the disputes.

"The two sides need to sit down and have serious talks. We still have time before we are actually in a trade war, "said Ira Kasoff, former US deputy assistant secretary of commerce, at the annual Harvard College China Forum held in Boston, Massachusetts, on Saturday.