'Obsessive' Washington should stop repeating 'lies'

Washington should stop "repeating fallacies" about US-China trade friction and put an end to its unilateral and protectionist moves, Beijing said on Friday, responding to US President Donald Trump's recent comments.

Trump said on Thursday that China "broke the deal" and the US tariffs "are having a devastating effect on China", according to Reuters. He also said China "is becoming a very weakened nation" due to the tariffs and wants to reach a deal with the US very much.

Dismissing the remarks at a daily news conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the US "seems obsessive" in "repeating these lies".