China, US Can Solve Trade Issues Through Negotiation, Says Embassy Minister
Xu Wei
DATE:  Jun 21 2018
/ SOURCE:  Yicai
China, US Can Solve Trade Issues Through Negotiation, Says Embassy Minister China, US Can Solve Trade Issues Through Negotiation, Says Embassy Minister

(Yicai Global) June 21 -- Patience is needed to mend China-US relations, says a leading Chinese diplomat, adding that negotiation is the key to resolving issues.

"The sincerity from the Chinese side to be a constructive partner with the US is there," state-backed Xinhua News Agency cited Li Kexin, minister of the Chinese Embassy to the US, as saying at a seminar held in Washington.

Economic and trade issues between China and the US can continue to develop, he said, adding that both sides can negotiate whether issues concern the trade deficit or economic structural problems.

"How to judge the political will of China will surely lead American politicians to make different choices," said the Chinese diplomat, adding that China's political will to deal with the rest of the world, especially the United States in the next few decades, is "a sincere and pure wish to have peace, stability, harmony, economic prosperity, a decent life for every human creature, and be open to the world."

Chinese and American ideals can converge and China hopes to maintain close cooperation with the US and other important countries, he added.

China hopes to forge a constructive partnership with the US, and is willing to continue to play an active role on the North Korea nuclear issue and work together with relevant countries, including the US and Korea to promote the political settlement process on the peninsula issue.

Li also called for optimism, saying "We see a much brighter picture at the sub-national level. Every time I visit different states, I can feel the strong enthusiasm from the locals to develop closer ties between their states and China."

The two countries should strengthen exchanges between executive departments, Congress, business circles, the media, local governments, think tanks, academia, and other fields, while deepening mutual understanding and cooperation.

Editor: William Clegg

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