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China pledges support for economy, dismisses US claims on tariff talks

US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping [File: Mandel Ngan and Pedro Pardo/AFP]

China’s top leaders have pledged to step up support for the economy stricken by a high-stakes trade war with the United States as Beijing dismisses President Donald Trump’s claims of being engaged in tariffs negotiations.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said on Friday that the two nations were not engaged in formal talks on the trade war triggered by US tariffs earlier this month.

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