China's commerce ministry has responded to America's public hearing into its proposal to impose tariffs on a list of 16 billion dollars worth of Chinese goods. The US has already imposed tariffs on 34 billion dollars worth of Chinese products and the proposal would raise that to 50 billion dollars. However, the ministry said Washington continues to fail to come up with positive measures to relieve the trade dispute.  

GAO FENG CHINESE COMMERCE MINISTRY SPOKESMAN "We have learned that among the over three hundred written comments published by the United States, more than ninety percent of the participants have voiced their opposition. That should suffice to explain the ongoing situation. What I want to emphasize here is that since the US launched the 301 investigation. The country has never failed to come up with measures to worsen the trade friction. The US side even accused China pushing the negotiations into a stalemate. There's no need for debate over that groundless accusation, as it's self-evident."