(11 May 2025)
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Geneva – 11 May 2025
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1. Wide of He Lifeng, Chinese Vice Premier, head of Chinese delegation and other walking into news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Lifeng, Chinese Vice Premier, head of Chinese delegation:
"The two sides held in depth exchanges on trade and economic issues of their respective concern. The atmosphere of the meeting was candid, in-depth and constructive. The meeting achieved substantial progress and reached important consensus."
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3. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Lifeng, Chinese Vice Premier, head of Chinese delegation:
"The two sides agreed on establishing a China-US consultation mechanism for trade and economic issues, identified the lead persons on each side, and we’ll carry on further consultations relating to trade and economic issues of their respective concerns. The two sides will finalise relevant details as soon as possible and we’ll issue a joint statement that was reached at the meeting on the 12th of May."
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4. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Lifeng, Chinese Vice Premier, head of Chinese delegation:
"Over the past three months or so the global trade war, which was provoked or initiated by the United States, has caught global attention."
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5. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Lifeng, Chinese Vice Premier, head of Chinese delegation:
"China’s position towards this trade war has been clear and consistent and that is: China doesn’t want to fight a trade war because trade wars produce no winners. But if the U.S. insists on forcing this war upon us, China will not be afraid of it and we will fight to the end to safeguard our own interests."
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6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Lifeng, Chinese Vice Premier, head of Chinese delegation:
"Under the current circumstances, this meeting has caught high attention from the international community. And thanks to the joint efforts from both sides, the meeting has been productive, and has been an important first step taken by the two sides to properly resolve their differences through equal-footed dialogue. It has also laid the foundation created the conditions for bridging differences and deepening cooperation.”
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7. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Lifeng, Chinese Vice Premier, head of Chinese delegation:
"Today’s world is going changes unseen in a century, China-U.S. economic relations aren’t only of great importance to China and the United States but also a major impact on global economic stability and development."
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8. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Lifeng, Chinese Vice Premier, head of Chinese delegation:
"The nature of the China-U.S. economic and trade relations is mutually beneficial and win-win. It is inevitable to have certain differences and conflicts in the relations. The key is to follow the principle of mutual respect, peaceful co-existence and win-win cooperation, and find ways to properly resolve issues through equal footed dialogue and consultation in order to foster a stable and sound and sustainable China-U.S. trade and economic relationship."
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9. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) He Lifeng, Chinese Vice Premier, head of Chinese delegation:
10. End of news conference
STORYLINE:
China’s delegation on Sunday described a meeting with US officials in Geneva as “candid, in-depth and constructive", after two days of bargaining in Switzerland following President Donald Trump imposing steep tariffs and Beijing retaliating.
He said the meeting "achieved substantial progress and reached important consensus."
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