China is against any action that would........>

CHINA: China is against any action that would damage the functioning of the

World Trade Organization, Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Gao Feng said at a

regular press briefing Thursday. According to the ministry's website, Gao was

responding to the criticism by the U.S. and Europe Union of WTO and U.S. Trade

Representative Robert Lighthizer's argument that the WTO is losing its focus on

trade negotiation and wealthier members such as China had been offered unfair

exemptions. The WTO is not perfect, but China would continue to defend the

multilateral trading system with WTO at its core and facilitate multilateral

trade negotiations, Gao said.