China says U.S. can't use pressure to force trade deal

Dunya News

Chinese Vice Commerce Minister and Deputy China International Trade Representative Wang Shouwen.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Wang Shouwen said on Sunday that it is impossible for the United States to use external pressure to force a trade agreement, and that it was irresponsible of Washington to accuse Beijing of backtracking.

Wang, speaking at a news conference, also declined to comment on whether President Xi Jinping will meet U.S. President Donald Trump at this month’s G20 summit in Japan, saying he didn’t have that information.