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China slams 'extreme selfishness' of tariffs

The Chinese Foreign Minister condemned the 'extreme selfishness' of tariffs, according to an official statement released on Saturday, in an allusion to the trade storm provoked by U.S. President Donald Trump.

'Some countries resort to pressure and coercion tactics, and trigger unjustified trade wars, completely revealing their extreme selfishness,' Wang Yi said on Friday to his Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov, on the sidelines of the sixth China-Asia Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

China reaffirms it is not engaged in trade negotiations with the United States

China reaffirmed on Saturday that it is not conducting any trade negotiations with the United States, denying comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump released on Friday.

'There have been no consultations or negotiations between China and the United States on tariff issues, let alone any agreement,' stated the Chinese embassy in Washington in a message released on WeChat.

American claims that a dialogue on tariffs is ongoing are 'misleading,' the Chinese diplomacy further emphasizes.

'If the United States really wants to resolve the issue through dialogue, they must first correct their mistakes, stop threatening and pressuring others, and completely eliminate all unilateral tariff measures taken against China,' the statement asserts.