China is closely monitoring U.S. policies and will decide "in due course" whether to adjust countermeasures to U.S. tariffs, a commerce ministry official said on Tuesday after President Donald Trump said he would levy a new temporary tariff of 15% on U.

Responding to a question about the upcoming sixth round of China-US economic and trade consultations, a spokesperson for China's Ministry of Commerce He Yongqian said on Thursday that the two sides have maintained ongoing communication at various levels through the China-US economic and trade consultation mechanism.

China and the United States have maintained continuous communication at various levels through their economic and trade consultation mechanism, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

BEIJING, Feb 19 (Reuters) - China sees an opening to turn President Donald Trump's tariffs to its advantage by reshaping global trade in ways that would insulate its $19 trillion economy from U.S. pressure far into the future.

President Donald Trump will visit China for three days next month, signaling renewed high-level diplomacy between Washington and Beijing. The trip marks his first official visit there since returning to the White House and comes amid evolving trade tensions and geopolitical competition,

Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz has met with Chinese President, Xi Jinping