The Chinese Minister of Commerce, Wang Wentao had discussions with his Saudi Arabian and South African counterparts to exchange views on responding to the United States' “reciprocal tariffs”.
The ministry said of Friday that the conversations took place over separate video calls on Thursday in which China discussed strengthening bilateral economic and trade cooperation with Saudi Arabia and South Africa.
According to the ministry, Wang also spoke to Saudi Arabia's Commerce Minister Majid bin Abdullah al-Qasabi about enhancing cooperation with countries within the Gulf Cooperation Council, while G20 and BRICS' roles were brought up in his conversation with South Africa's Parks Tau.
The Chinese commerce ministry's statements, however, did not elaborate on the discussions.
DAILY POST reports that US President Donald Trump had raised the
This is as Trump accused China of failing to show respect to the world’s markets.
