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CHINA PRESS: China official Xinhua News Agency warned Tuesday the U.S. "not to

let unilateralism harm the economic and trade relationship between China and the

U.S." The report was mild in tone and avoided aggressive wording. Xinhua said

any unilateral U.S. action would contravene current global norms, as countries

now settle their disputes using the World Trade Organization. The revival of

unilateral legal procedures which have rarely been used after the establishment

of the WTO has triggered concern from many people, the commentary said. Xinhua

stressed the importance of the maintaining the current China-U.S. relationship,

noting any disturbance could affect the stability of the entire global trade

system. "Unilateral action can never resolve the economic and trade imbalance

problem between the two countries" and the country taking such measures "would

not only harm the other, but also would harm itself." (Xinhua News Agency)