Beijing — China on Wednesday lambasted "sudden flip-flops" in US policy after President Donald Trump said he was moving to finalise trade sanctions against it — even as a US delegation arrived in Beijing for talks. Ten days ago the White House announced a truce in trade hostilities with China, with US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin saying that threatened tariffs on Chinese goods were "on hold". But on Tuesday night it said sanctions announced in March — largely focused on China’s theft of US intellectual property — were still in the works and details would be announced in June. The move is another apparent change of course for Trump, who veers from harsh threats to talk of compromise and back again on trade and other issues. It comes as Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross prepares to travel to Beijing this week and six delegates arrived there on Wednesday. Speaking at a regular press briefing on Wednesday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying slammed the latest development. "In i...
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