Xi Jinping spoke on the phone with Donald Trump

‘Never deliberately sought trade surplus with Washington’

China and the US can resolve their differences by leveraging “dialogue and consultations”. This is what the spokesperson of the Beijing Foreign Ministry Mao Ning said regarding the signs of openness from American President Donald Trump on the substantial tariff dossier. “China has never deliberately sought a trade surplus with the United States,” Mao added in the daily briefing.