Foreign media wrong on China's stance on trade talks

The reports by some foreign media outlets that China has been virtually closing the door to economic and trade consultations with the US are both inaccurate and misleading.

While the US government has imposed new additional tariffs on Chinese goods and signed an executive order expecting to restrict Huawei from selling in and buying from the US, a WeChat account known as Taoran Notes, released a Chinese article saying that is "a sure sign that the United States isn't sincere in its willingness to negotiate a fair and reasonable deal".

However, some foreign media outlets, including Bloomberg, one-sidedly and wrongfully quoted the Chinese-language commentary, claiming that China has no interest in continuing trade negotiations with the US, just because the story commented that "without good faith and substantive action from the US side, it will be meaningless to visit Beijing to resume the talks".