China's vice commerce minister calls for nations to defend WTO

Comments by China's vice commerce minister Qian Keming, speaking at the Boao Forum

• Nations need to defend WTO as it gets weak
• WTO has problems which should be fixed via dialogue
• China is unwilling to fight trade war, but not afraid of one

China's persistent requests on the WTO-front have fallen on deaf ears so far, and that's not likely to change any time soon. It would be silly for any nation to pick a side while the frying pan is still heating up.