China open to trade talks with US, says Wang Qishan - November 6, 2018

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November 06 , 2018

Financial Times：China open to trade talks with US, says Wang Qishan
Financial Times reports, "Beijing remains ready to talk with Washington to resolve a bitter trade dispute, a top Chinese official has said a day after President Xi Jinping lashed out at a "law of the jungle" policies that was seen as an attack on the approach of Donald Trump. "The Chinese side is ready to have a discussion with the US on issues of mutual concern and work for a solution on trade acceptable to both sides," said Wang Qishan, vice-president and close confidant of Mr Xi who is one of the country's top officials responsible for relations with Washington."
The New York Times：Their Soybeans Piling Up, Farmers Hope Trade War Ends Before Beans Rot
The New York Times reports: "This is harvest season in the rich farmlands of the eastern Dakotas, the time of year Kevin Karel checks his computer first thing in the morning to see how many of his soybeans Chinese companies have purchased while he was sleeping. Farmers here in Cass County have prospered over the last two decades by growing more soybeans than any other county in the United States, and by shipping most of those beans across the Pacific Ocean to feed Chinese pigs and chickens. But this year, the Chinese have all but stopped buying. The largest market for one of America's largest exports has shut its doors. The Chinese government imposed a tariff on American soybeans in response to the Trump administration's tariffs on Chinese goods. The latest federal data, through mid-October, shows American soybean sales to China have declined by 94 percent from last year's harvest."
The Guardian：China says UN criticism of human rights record is 'politically driven'
The Guardian reports: "China has defended its human rights record after the first UN assessment since 2013 criticised the mass detention of lawyers and the continuing use of internment camps. Beijing rejected claims made during the UN Human Rights Council's universal periodic review that human rights in China had deteriorated, saying that some UN member countries were deliberately disregarding "the remarkable achievements made by China"."

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Financial Times China open to trade talks with US, says Wang Qishan
The New York Times Their Soybeans Piling Up, Farmers Hope Trade War Ends Before Beans Rot
The Guardian China says UN criticism of human rights record is 'politically driven'
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