Wang Shouwen, deputy minister of the Ministry of Commerce and deputy representative of the International Trade Negotiation, said that if the United States wants to make a concessions by doing unilateralism and compression of the limit, it is impossible to achieve it.
According to a report by China News Agency today (1st), Wang Shouwen said in an interview with reporters that the United States accused China of the transfer of intellectual property rights and mandatory technology transfer, and provoked trade friction on the same way.He emphasized that there was no winner in the trade war, and cooperation was the only correct choice.China always believes that the two sides will eventually resolve economic and trade differences through dialogue.In consultation, China always emphasizes the principles of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.
Wang Shouwen said: If one party is forced to negotiate the other party, or the results of the negotiations only make the unilateral profit, such negotiations will not be successful.Wang Shouwen said that the U.S. tariff measures will have a certain negative impact on China's foreign trade, but it is generally controllable.First of all, the United States is still an important export market in China, but the importance is declining.China's exports to the United States accounted for about 22%in 1999, and now only about 16%.
Secondly, China's export market is becoming increasingly diverse.There are more than 230 trading partners in China. They are the top three sources of imports of 130 trading partners. They are the largest source of imports of 61 trading partners.Third, China's foreign trade scale is large and strong.Wang Shouwen said: History has proven that China's foreign trade development potential is huge. We have the confidence to continue to promote China's foreign trade steady progress and achieve high -quality development.
In response to the impact of Sino -US economic and trade friction on China's absorption of foreign investment, Wang Shouwen said that there are indeed some export -oriented labor -intensive enterprises to transfer production capacity to foreign countries, but the overall proportion is not great.He said that the proportion of US investment in China accounted for a low proportion of China's absorption of foreign investment. As of the end of 2018, the actual investment in US investment in China was 85.19 billion US dollars (S $ 117.05 billion), and the proportion of foreign investment in China was only 4.2%.
In addition, China has huge market attractiveness, and foreign -funded enterprises have paid more and more attention to the Chinese market.Wang Shouwen said: For foreign -funded enterprises that take root in China and facing the Chinese market, the influence of Sino -US economic and trade friction is limited.
On the other hand, Wang Shouwen said that China will further relax market access. Before July 1 this year, a new version of the negative list will be issued to continue to compress.
He said that China will continue to improve the business environment, strengthen the construction of the rule of law and the government of integrity, and modify and improve laws and regulations in accordance with the needs of expanding opening up, and regulate governments at all levels in terms of administrative licenses and market supervision.In addition, clean up the unreasonable regulations, subsidies and practices that hinder fair competition and distort the market, treat all enterprises and operators fairly, and improve the business environment of marketization, legalization and facilitation. Some of the Chinese products in the United States will increase the tariff period for another 15 days The United States originally planned to impose a 25%tariff on Chinese goods that arrived in the port on June 1, local time, but according to the official website of the US Trade Representative Office (USTR), for some transfers to the U.S. goodsEssence
According to the official website of the U.S. Trade Representative Office, for those who exported to the United States exported from China before May 10, if they can enter the United States before June 15, they will still be imposed by 10%of tariffs.
The Office of the US Trade Representative said that the extension of this time is to consider the factors of customs law enforcement and the time of maritime transportation between China and the United States. Chinese Ministry of Commerce: Four factors will be considered when they are included in the unreliable entity list
China will establish an unreliable entity list system, and specific measures will be announced in the near future.The relevant person in charge of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce said in an interview today (1st) that when the Chinese government decided whether to include a certain entity in the unreliable entity list, it would comprehensively consider four factors.
According to the China News Agency, these four aspects include: whether the entity has acts that implement, disconnect or other discriminatory measures for Chinese entities; whether the entity behavior is based on non -commercial purposes and violates market rules and contract spirit; the entity behaviorWhether it causes substantial damage to Chinese enterprises or related industries, and whether the physical behavior pose a threat or potential threat to national security.
