China urges US to 'immediately correct erroneous' trade practices

FILE PHOTO: Amatjan Mamat mounts a tire onto a wheel of a cotton harvester at a cotton harvester factory in Wusu, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Feb. 28, 2024. Human rights groups and United Nations experts have voiced alarm over allegations of forced labour affecting minority groups in China's western Xinjiang region, which Beijing has dismissed as "fabricated". - Xinhua

BEIJING: Beijing said on Monday (March 16) it has "lodged representations" and urged Washington to "correct its erroneous ways" after the US launched new trade probes last week, with negotiators from both countries meeting in Paris.

Washington's trade investigations target 60 economies including China and will look into "failures to take action on forced labour" and whether these burden or restrict US commerce.