China opposes U.S.-Taiwan trade initiative

U.S officials says United States will launch new trade talks with Taiwan.

BEIJING: China “firmly” opposes the launch of the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st Century Trade, the commerce ministry said on Thursday.

While adding that the Chinese government has opposed any form of official contact between Taiwan and other countries.

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“The United States should prudently handle trade and economic ties with Taiwan to avoid sending a wrong message to Taiwan separatists,” the ministry spokesman, Gao Feng, told an online briefing.

The United States will launch new trade talks with Taiwan, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.