Chinese newspaper mocks Trump's claim of winning trade war as 'wishful thinking'


  • World
  • Tuesday, 07 Aug 2018

FILE PHOTO: Chinese and U.S. flags are set up for a meeting during a visit by U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao at China's Ministry of Transport in Beijing, China April 27, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese state media kept up their criticism of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies, with a newspaper on Tuesday describing as "wishful thinking" Trump's belief that a fall in Chinese stocks was a sign of his winning the trade war.

As the world's two biggest economies remained locked in a heated tariff dispute, Beijing and Washington have kept up a blistering rhetoric with threats and counter-threats of more punitive trade measures.

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