China, US urged to shun confrontation

China and the United States should avoid further confrontation and seek win-win solutions for all concerned, and their intention to begin a new round of negotiations is a positive signal, said Li Cheng, director of the Brookings Institution's John L. Thornton China Center.

Li, who is also a senior fellow in Brookings' Foreign Policy program, said the two countries should return to dialogue instead of "pointing fingers at each other".

On Wednesday, the White House announced it had invited China to engage in a new round of trade talks and China has welcomed the proposal. Over the past few months, the world's two largest economies have been embroiled in a tit-for-tat exchange of trade tariffs.