Gao Feng

China is still calling for the U.S. to roll back tariffs as part of any “phase one” agreement, as trade negotiations between the world’s two largest economies drag on.“If both sides reach a phase one agreement, the level of tariff rollback will fully reflect the importance of the phase one agreement,” China’s Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Gao Feng said in Mandarin.

Ministry of Commerce confirms trade tensions will only end when ‘all additional tariffs’ are lifted from Chinese products. Negotiating teams are working on the ‘phase one’ deal agreed last week in Washington for Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to sign next month in Chile

US President Donald Trump previously said that he wanted some tariffs to remain in place for a ‘substantial period of time’, even extending beyond any agreement. Washington also urged to fulfil its promise made at the G20 summit to allow American firms to resume selling products to telecommunications firm Huawei

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce confirmed on Thursday that China and the US will hold negotiations in January as scheduled, and the two may arrange meetings or phone calls as needed to talk about issues.