{"id":5872,"date":"2018-12-30T15:24:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-30T15:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/china-says-it-is-ready-to-work-with-us\/"},"modified":"2018-12-30T15:24:58","modified_gmt":"2018-12-30T15:24:58","slug":"china-says-it-is-ready-to-work-with-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/china-says-it-is-ready-to-work-with-us\/","title":{"rendered":"China says it is ‘ready to work with US’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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China has said it is “ready to work” with the US, suggesting progress in trade talks between the two countries.<\/p>\n

It said it would be willing to work with the US to “implement the important consensus” reached at December’s G20.<\/p>\n

At the Buenos Aires summit the two countries agreed to suspend new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks.<\/p>\n

China’s statement comes after President Donald Trump tweeted “big progress”<\/a> was being made in relations after a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n

In Saturday’s tweet, the US president said “talks were moving along very well”.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s statement from Lu Kang, the spokesperson for the country’s foreign ministry, appeared to confirm President Trump’s optimism.<\/p>\n

“China stands ready to work with the US to implement the important consensus reached by President Xi Jinping and President Trump in Argentina, expand co-operation on the basis of mutual benefit, manage differences on the basis of mutual respect,” Mr Lu said.<\/p>\n

Prior to the G20 meeting in Argentina, the US had warned it was considering<\/a> 25% tariffs on $200bn (\u00a3152bn) of Chinese goods – more than double the 10% initially planned.<\/p>\n

The White House says the tariffs are a response to China’s unfair trade policies, which Mr Trump blames for helping to create a huge trade deficit.<\/p>\n

What’s the background to the trade war?<\/h2>\n

Mr Trump campaigned for president on a pledge to make trade fairer for the US, and repeatedly blamed China’s trading practices for making American manufacturers less competitive.<\/p>\n