China is willing to continue collaborating with BRICS partners to deepen practical cooperation and to make more contributions to steady growth of the global economy, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said at a press conference in Beijing on Wednesday.
Mao Ning, the spokeswoman, made the comments in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's threatened conditional imposition of heavy tariffs on imports from BRICS countries.
Trump, who was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on Monday, has threatened to impose 100 percent tariffs on BRICS countries if they were to continue their so-called "de-dollarization efforts".
BRICS countries have been committed to strengthening financial cooperation and expanding the use of local currencies to better serve the interests of emerging markets and developing countries, and enhance their financial resilience.
"As an important platform for cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries, BRICS advocates openness, inclusiveness and cooperation leading to all-win outcome. We do not engage in bloc confrontation or target any third party. Our aim is to achieve common development and prosperity," Mao said.
"China is willing to continue collaborating with BRICS partners to deepen practical cooperation in various fields and make more contributions to steady growth of the global economy," she said.
BRICS began with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and has now evolved into an influential international cooperation mechanism with an expanded membership.
On Monday, Nigeria became the ninth partner country to BRICS, joining Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Thailand, Uganda and Uzbekistan. These eight countries became BRICS partner countries on Jan 1 this year.
China ready to work with BRICS partners to support global economic growth: spokeswoman
