Comments by China's foreign ministry

China US
  • Future direction of trade talks depends on the US
  • Trade war will hurt US economy, employment
  • US claims of China taking advantage in bilateral trade are groundless
  • Says will fight to the end if US decides to escalate trade tensions
  • US' large-scale measures on Huawei are "astonishing"
  • US changed position in talks, so they shouldn't accuse China

Some headlines over the past half-hour from the Chinese camp. They continue to send a message that they're ready to go headstrong against the US if things escalate further from here. The funny part is that US equity futures are actually gaining on the back of the commentary between Trump and China. Good stuff, eh?