FILE - In this May 14, 2017, file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks during the opening ceremony of the Belt and Road Forum at the China National Convention Center in Beijing. China's plan to expand trade across Asia and Europe with a modern Silk Road of railways and other infrastructure is hitting political and financial hurdles. Governments are canceling or renegotiating projects due to financing disputes or complaints they are too favorable to China. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
China is willing to hold talks with the United States to resolve their differences over trade, China’s foreign ministry said on Monday, as alarm grows over a possible trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying made the comments at a regular briefing in Beijing.
