China’s foreign minister lays out conditions for restoring damaged relations between Beijing and Washington

Wang reiterates the need for high level dialogue and cooperation on pandemic control, climate change and economic recovery

Chinese Foreign Minister

Wang Yi

urged the United States to scrap

tariffs

on Chinese imports and remove

restrictions on the tech sector

, laying out conditions for restoring damaged China-US relations.

Wang told a forum in Beijing on Monday that relations were at a critical point and the US must review its policy if ties were to be repaired after the damage of the former Trump administration.

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“We hope the US will adjust its policies as soon as possible, removing the unreasonable tariffs imposed on Chinese products, and unilateral sanctions on Chinese companies and science research institutes, and the unreasonable suppression of Chinese tech,” Wang said.