Beijing has hit back at Donald Trump, saying it was “meaningless” to try to pressure China during trade talks, a day after the US president accused it of not negotiating in good faith.
The Chinese foreign ministry made the comments after half a day of trade talks between Robert Lighthizer, US trade representative, Steven Mnuchin, Treasury secretary, and vice-premier Liu He, their Chinese counterpart, finished in Shanghai yesterday, a US official said.
The talks were the first face-to-face negotiations between the sides since Mr Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed a truce in their trade war at the G20 meeting in Osaka a month ago, following a previous round of discussions that ended without a deal.