Chinese President Xi Jinping is talking up the Chinese economy\u2019s resilience as he heads to Moscow for a state visit affirming increasingly close ties between the former Cold War rivals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTherefore, China has all the necessary conditions, capability and confidence to deal with any risks and challenges,\u201d he said without referring directly to the United States and the dispute with Washington over Chinese trade and technology policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The trip to Moscow highlights Beijing\u2019s efforts to drum up support both at home and abroad as the President Donald Trump\u2019s administration pushes China to do more to redress a huge perennial trade surplus and end policies that US and other foreign companies and governments say violate Beijing\u2019s market-opening commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Russia has relatively little heft in global trade, Xi can be assured of a friendly audience when he defends China\u2019s position in the dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In interviews published Wednesday, Xi told Russian journalists Chinese consumer demand is driving growth despite the trade war with the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLooking into the future, a number of factors will support the steady, healthy and sustainable growth of China\u2019s economy, including abundant human resources, strong internal driving forces, growing development dynamism and mobilization capability,\u201d Xi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elsewhere, China\u2019s diplomats abroad have been meeting with reporters, academics and government officials to press China\u2019s argument that it is being bullied by the US and that Washington\u2019s dialing-up of trade tensions spells trouble for the world economy as a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Sunday, the Commerce Ministry issued a lengthy report defending China\u2019s position and stating that Beijing won\u2019t back down on \u201cmajor issues of principle.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It followed that by issuing a pair of travel warnings for the U.S., while the Foreign Ministry accused the U.S. of acting in bad faith in trade negotiations and said any attempts to interfere or undermine China\u2019s stability would be \u201cdoomed to fail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Xi has not shown much public involvement in the trade dispute, leaving the task of negotiations to his chief economic adviser, Vice Premier Liu He. But Xi has a final say on any agreement and experts believe that his objections to US proposals Beijing considers excessively invasive may have led to the breakdown of trade talks last month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials have not yet announced any breakthroughs after 11 rounds of talks. In recent days, the two sides have traded jibes over who is to blame for the stalemate, while expressing a willingness to hold more talks but determination to resist unreasonable demands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In all, the Trump administration has imposed up to 25% tariffs on $250 billion in imports from China and is preparing to increase import duties on another $300 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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