US decoupling benefits none, expert says

Beijing, Washington should ease trade conflict, build trust, symposium told

The United States and China should focus on their common causes instead of the "decoupling" envisioned by some pessimists, according to speakers at an international conference in Singapore.

The two countries must also ease their simmering trade conflict and cooperate to avoid a possible financial crisis and jointly build trust and collaboration, they said at the symposium, which opened on Wednesday.