国内英语资讯:Roundup: China watchers say frequent interactions between Xi, Trump important for bilateral_时事

国内英语资讯:Roundup: China watchers say frequent interactions between Xi, Trump important for bilateral

On trade, he said unilateral punitive actions by the United States, such as increasing tariff on Chinese imports, will hurt both economies and not solve the problem.

Echoing him, Peter Walker, former partner at consulting firm McKinsey & Company and an expert on China-U.S. relations, said that if Trump were to make any "stupid decision", China would fight back and Trump would lose a lot of support.

Merit Janow, dean of School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, recognized the important role of the newly established government-to-government dialogue mechanism in handling trade disputes between the world's top two economies.

When the two presidents met at the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in April 2017, they agreed to set up four high-level dialogue mechanisms to improve bilateral ties. The Comprehensive Economic Dialogue is one of them.

Xi told Trump on Tuesday that the four high-level dialogue mechanisms should be given full play.

Referring to the Comprehensive Economic Dialogue, Janow said it would be very productive if the mechanism, which seemed to be on hold, was resumed with seriousness.

Mentioning the China-U.S. bilateral investment agreement that is currently under negotiation, she called it a productive area to focus on since it was necessary for companies investing in China to feel that they understood what the rules were.