Entering China1. The Ministry of Commerce held a regular press conference. The reporter asked that the US side said that it may start imposing a 10% tariff on China on February 1. He Yadong, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce, said that China’s position on the tariff issue is consistent. Tariffs are not good for both China and the United States, nor for the whole world. China is ready to work with the US to promote the stable, healthy and sustainable development of China-US economic and trade relations in accordance with the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation.
2. At a regular press conference held by the Ministry of Commerce yesterday, reporters asked questions that Trump signed an executive order to postpone the ban on the short video social media platform TikTok, and said that TikTok needs to sell 50% of its shares to U.S. companies and the U.S. government. Spokesman He Yadong said that China has always respected and safeguarded the legitimate and lawful rights and interests of enterprises, and opposes practices that violate the basic principles of the market economy and harm the legitimate interests of enterprises.
3. Dutch Prime Minister Shoff said in an interview a few days ago that the Dutch government wants to decide what kind of policy to implement on the issue of Dutch lithography giant ASML exporting products to China. Schoff said that the Netherlands maintains good trade relations with China and will exchange views with China on relevant issues.
