Some commentary noted by Xinhua News Agency

  • Negotiation is the only right way to resolve trade frictions

The comments are said to be in response to the US tariffs list announced here.

At this point, the same old rhetoric from China across all ministries, officials, and media is getting a bit stale.

They keep highlighting that negotiations and talks are the way to go about things, but what they're actually hoping for is the US to do the "sensible" thing and stop with the tit-for-tat tariffs and negotiate some form of implicit agreement instead.