Chinese Ambassador to the United States: Mutual benefit and win-win are always the essential characteristics of Sino-US economic and trade cooperation

Source: Xinhuanet Time: 2020-01-10

Xinhua News Agency, New York, January 9 (Reporter Luo Jingjing Wang Wen) Chinese Ambassador to the United States Cui Tiankai said on the evening of the 8th that mutual benefit and win-win are always the essential characteristics of Sino-US economic and trade cooperation, as long as both parties firmly grasp the fundamental interests of the people of the two countries If we respect each other’s dignity, sovereignty, and core interests, there will be no insurmountable difficulties.

Cui Tiankai said at the annual dinner of the China General Chamber of Commerce in the United States that China and the United States have reached the first stage of economic and trade agreement. Facts have proved that as long as China and the United States adhere to dialogue and consultation on the basis of equality and mutual respect, they can achieve mutually beneficial and win-win results. In the current extremely complex international environment, reaching this agreement will benefit both China and the United States and the world.

He said that in the past 40 years or so, Sino-US relations have never lacked ups and downs and hardships, and the real tenacity of the relationship between the two countries lies in the fact that the two sides can face the challenges, continue to overcome difficulties and solve problems. I hope that the relationship between China and the United States in the new year will stick to the right direction and move forward along a healthy and stable track.

He pointed out that a long-term healthy and stable Sino-US relationship will continue to provide historical opportunities for the common development of the enterprises and people of the two countries. It is hoped that the business circles of China and the United States will shoulder the social responsibility of supporting China-US friendship and cooperation. No force can stop the friendly exchanges between the 1.7 billion people of China and the United States, and no force can push the two great nations of China and the United States to the wrong path of conflict and confrontation. As long as the business communities of the two countries are in the same boat and moving forward hand in hand, the ships of Sino-US relations will be able to cut through the waves, travel through the haze, and sail to the sunny side.

Xu Chen, president of the China General Chamber of Commerce in the United States and Governor of the Bank of China in the United States, said at the dinner that the first phase of the China-US economic and trade agreement to be signed is clearly a step in the right direction, and will resume some bilateral trade and investment to reduce the two The burden of national enterprises and consumers. I hope this is also the first step in repairing the mutual trust between the two governments.