China expects the United States to continue working with China to maintain a fair competition environment in the international shipping and shipbuilding markets, a Ministry of Commerce spokesperson said here on Monday.
This will help add more certainty and stability to China-U.S. economic and trade cooperation, as well as the global economy, the spokesperson said when asked to comment on the U.S. suspension, for one year, of the implementation of its Section 301 investigation measures aimed at China's maritime, logistics and shipbuilding sectors.
The implementation of China's relevant countermeasures were also suspended on Monday.
These are important steps that both sides have taken to meet each other halfway, and to work together on implementing the consensus of the China-U.S. economic and trade talks in Kuala Lumpur, the ministry said.
The spokesperson said that China is willing to communicate and consult with the United States on relevant issues, based on the principles of mutual respect and fair consultation.
China expects U.S. to jointly safeguard fair competition in maritime, shipbuilding sectors: spokesperson
China expects U.S. to jointly safeguard fair competition in maritime, shipbuilding sectors: spokesperson
U.S. President Donald Trump said he is strongly considering pulling the United States out of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) after the alliance failed to join the attacks on Iran, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday.
When asked if he would reconsider America's membership in the alliance after the conflict, he said the question is "beyond reconsideration," adding, "I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger."
Trump also expressed dissatisfaction with NATO for "not being there," saying it was "actually hard to believe."
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Trump would make a decision on the future of NATO given the fact that some U.S. allies refuse to provide support, after the end of U.S. military operations against Iran.
Following Trump's criticism, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is not changing his position on the war.
Multiple European countries have kept their distance from the conflict with Iran. Starmer on Monday said his country will not get dragged into the conflict "whatever the pressure and whoever it's coming from," while Spain on Monday closed its airspace to all flights related to the U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran.
Trump calls NATO 'paper tiger,' considers withdrawal
