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BEIJING (Reuters) – The failure of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit this weekend has been attributed to a country that "excuses" protectionism and tries to impose its point of view to others, said a senior Chinese diplomat.
Leaders attend the APEC Summit Retreat in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, November 18, 2018. REUTERS / David Gray
The APEC summit in Port Moresby was marked by an open disagreement, dominated by US-China trade and security disputes, which would be the best investment partner of the United States. region.
The meeting failed for the first time to adopt a joint communiqué in the context of a fierce trade war between Beijing and Washington.
In comments published Monday on the website of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the government's diplomatic adviser Wang Yi, top diplomat of the Chinese government, said the impossibility of reaching a release was "far from". to be accidental ".
"It's mainly that individual economies have insisted on imposing their own texts on other parties, excusing protectionism and unilateralism, and not accepting reasonable revisions by Chinese and other parties, "said Wang, without naming any specific country.
"This practice has caused discontent in many economies, including China, and is obviously not consistent with the consensus principle that APEC adheres to," he added.
The consensus lies in the interest of APEC and its fundamental rule, Wang said.
"It's in the common interest of all parties and can not be ignored and abandoned."
On Monday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that the United States, whose summit delegation was headed by Vice President Mike Pence, had attended the APEC press conference under the "fire of the anger "and that China had not gone" in the ring "
Angry rhetoric precedes the next major international summit, the G20 in Argentina, which will begin at the end of the month, during the meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Pence said on Saturday that the United States would not give up its trade dispute with China and could even double its tariffs unless Beijing complies with US demands.
Trump has imposed tariffs of $ 250 billion on imports from China to impose concessions on a list of demands that would alter the terms of trade between the two countries. China reacted by applying import duties on US products.
Washington calls on Beijing to improve market access and intellectual property protection for US companies, reduce industry subsidies and reduce the $ 375 billion trade deficit.
Report of Ben Blanchard; Edited by Michael Perry
