Beijing urged Washington to “respect facts, stop spreading disinformation, and correct its wrong practices” to create conditions for meaningful dialogue amid a dispute between the world’s two largest economies over a recent trade deal.
“Pressure and coercion are not the right way to engage with China,” foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian said in Beijing a day after the White House said that it was “likely” that US President Donald Trump would speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week about the trade dispute.
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a TV interview on Sunday that details on trade deals between China and the US “will be ironed out”.
