China will keep calm in face of trade talk challenges: People’s Daily

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will travel to Washington for two days of trade talks this week, China said on Tuesday, as the country seeks to secure a deal to avoid the sharp increase of tariffs threatened by Trump.

China will keep calm against threats of higher tariffs from the United States and has “complete confidence” in its ability to face challenges in trade talks, a commentary in China’s top newspaper said on Wednesday. Responding to US President Donald Trump’s threat to raise tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods this week and target hundreds of billions more, the People’s Daily said China had faced similar threats before.