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China on Thursday urged the United States to abandon unilateralism and protectionism, and resort to dialogue and consultation to handle disagreements.Gao Feng, spokesman with China's Ministry of Commerce, made the remarks in the wake of the US decision to extend the period for public to comment on its tariffs on Chinese goods from 30 days to 60 days.He said that China is always open for negotiations, but emphasized sticking to the principles of equality, constructiveness and balance that need joint efforts.The Trump administration announced plans last Friday to hit China with up to 60 billion in new tariffs on Chinese imports. Hours later, China unveiled tariffs on 3 billion US dollars worth of US imports in response to steel and aluminum duties ordered by Trump earlier this month.In the meantime, Premier Li Keying said on Monday that China and the United States should maintain negotiations, and he reiterated pledges to ease access for American businesses.Are the two sides any closer to reach a deal? Could a full-blown trade war be averted? What is behind the trade skirmishes between China and US?

For more on this, CRI's Zhaoying joined on the line by Liu Baocheng, Associate professor at the business school of the University of International Business and Economics；Giles Chance,visiting professor of Guanghua School of Management of Peking University；in the studio we have Paul Gillis, Professor of Practice and Co-director of IMBA program of Guanghua School of Management of Peking University

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