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Respect our choices, China's Xi says ahead of Trump G20 meeting

China's President Xi Jinping has asked US President Donald Trump to respect country's trade partners and interests. [Photo: Reuters]

BEIJING- China wants to resolve problems with the United States through talks but it must respect China’s choice of development path and interests, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday ahead of a meeting with the US leader in Argentina.

China and the United States have put tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of each other’s goods and US President Donald Trump has threatened to set tariffs on the remainder of China’s $500 billion-plus exports to the United States if their blistering trade dispute cannot be resolved.

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