Crucial to ensure trade war does not harm US-China ties: PM Lee

Singapore

THE leaders of the United States and China have to work out how to resolve their trade disputes, and ensure ongoing tensions do not harm the broader relationship between them, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday.

"The leaders of the two countries need to decide what they want to do and if it cannot be worked out, then they really want to keep it from boiling over," he said.

"They need to respond in a restrained way ... and prevent it from poisoning all their…