MNI Policy: China MOFCOM to 'Properly' Handle Trade Frictions

By William Bi

     BEIJING (MNI) - China's Ministry of Commerce said it will "properly" handle

economic and trade frictions with the U.S., according to a statement on its

website capping a meeting on Thursday of its Communist Party chapter's top

cadres, including Chinese ambassador to the World Trade Organization.

     The following lists other priorities the ministry has vowed to pursue:

     -to seek "all measures possible to stabilize foreign trade, foreign

investment and boost consumption" and to ensure the ministry's stated targets

for the year are met;

-to successfully hold the expo on imported goods, to be held in November to

project the country's openness to imports and globalization;

-to deepen the free-trade zone reform trials and explore free trade ports;

-to support General Secretary Xi Jinping's "core" status within the Party.

--MNI Beijing Bureau; +86 10 8532 5998; email: william.bi@mni-news.com

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