BEIJING — China’s government has denied President Xi Jinping’s promises this week to cut import tariffs on cars and open China’s markets wider were aimed at settling a worsening tariff dispute with Washington.<\/p>\n
State media cited a Commerce Ministry spokesman, Gao Feng, as saying on Thursday that negotiations are impossible under “unilateral coercion” by President Donald Trump’s administration, which has threatened to raise tariffs on $50 billion of Chinese goods.<\/p>\n
Gao said Xi’s pledges to cut import tariffs, ease restrictions on foreign ownership in its auto industry and make other changes were aimed at improving China’s economy.<\/p>\n
The official Xinhua News Agency paraphrased Gao as saying Xi’s pledges “have nothing to do with Chinese-U.S. trade frictions.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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