China, US need to accommodate each other to resolve spat

Port Moresby

CHINA and the United States have to realise they must accommodate each other for an ongoing trade war between both powers to be resolved, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

What happens next will depend on the meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump at the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina from Nov 30 to Dec 1 and whether talks can be set on the right way, he noted. "We all have to hope it goes in a constructive direction. Because otherwise, the loss to the parties, to America and China, as well as to other countries like Singapore and everybody else in the region and in the world will be considerable."

Mr Lee's comments came as Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders failed to issue a joint communique on Sunday, r…