Comments by China's commerce ministry spokesman Gao Feng

  • They hope US takes measures and resolve conflicts with China through dialogue
  • Accusations that China's market openings is not as expected is not true
  • China's determination to open up markets has not change
  • Hopes US-China trade relations can return to normal
  • US must stop its wrong actions, withdraw from unilaterist approach
  • China is confident to counter any trade and investment protectionism steps
  • US approach starts a bad precedent, may trigger domino effect
  • US trade protectionism will hurt its own consumers
  • China will take all possible steps to protect its interests

I'm not sure exactly what response they are hoping for. Things have gone too far for Trump to back down now - but yeah, things can only be resolved if either party eventually caves. At the moment, it doesn't look like any one of them will.