Ambassador expects positive talks over Sino-US trade frictions

China and the United States should have negotiations on equal footing to solve current economic and trade frictions, and a positive outcome would definitely benefit the world's economy, said Maria Gustava, Mozambique's ambassador to China.

Gustava said that it is good news to hear that President Xi Jinping and US counterpart Donald Trump had a phone call on June 18 and had decided to communicate during the upcoming G20 summit in the Japanese city of Osaka later this month.

"This is an important step toward positive talks between the two sides," she said. "China and the US have been negotiating over trade frictions in recent years, and I hope the door of dialogues will never be closed."