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World must help de-escalate mounting US-China trade conflict: Heng Swee Keat
Published Fri, Oct 19, 2018 · 09:50 PM
Beijing
THE world needs to do its best to de-escalate the mounting United States-China trade conflict as there is a risk of the tensions growing into something more difficult, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said on Friday.
China has shown great restraint in responding to the US, he told Singapore reporters in Beijing at the end of a three-day visit.
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