China held the door open to resuming talks in the tariff war with Washington on Thursday, but lashed out at limits on access to key technologies that it said might hurt global supply chains.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said China hopes to restart the talks that broke down earlier this month after the U.S. hiked tariffs on USD 250 billion in Chinese imports, but only if the conditions are deemed fair.
"China is open to the door of dialogue, but sincerity is indispensable to make a consultation meaningful," Lu said at regularly scheduled briefing.
"A mutually beneficial agreement must be based on mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit."
A spokesman for China's Commerce Ministry said Washington was "using American national power to suppress Chinese companies."
The trade frictions have "aroused great concern from the international community," Wang said. "I stress to everyone that China's actions are not just about preserving our own legitimate rights and interests but also to maintain the norms of international relations and safeguard the international free trading system."
A security-oriented group dominated by Moscow and Beijing, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization also includes Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan and several observer states and "dialogue partners."
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