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China-U.S. relations are at risk of being poisoned.

The adviser said it would be premature to predict what specific actions the US trade representative might take at the end of his investigation. If China is found to be flouting rules, the administration’s options include imposing import tariffs, officials said.

Trump informed Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday night of the upcoming memorandum, a senior administration official told CNN Friday.

The US officials, however, said the North Korean issue and the investigation into China’s trade practices are not linked.

It will become much hard for the Trump administration to defend the use of Section 301 today as the United States government “acted as a police force, prosecutor, jury and judge” in the process, according to the trade expert.

“It wasn’t just the Obama administration, the Bush administration, the Clinton administration tended to do that as well”, said Bown, adding that previous United States administrations have successfully used the WTO to get other countries to change their policies that were breaking the rules.

On Aug 5, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2371 to impose new sanctions on the DPRK that bans its exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood, in response to its two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July. “In the end, the two sides would go back to the negotiation table as always, both stepping back a little, and finding a way to pass this phase”.

But cutting off more of its major commodity exports is likely to tighten the screws on Pyongyang’s access to cash.

China is accused of trying to take a short cut by spying, hacking or forcing companies to hand over their intellectual property, such as a patent on a software product.

South Korea’s president Moon Jae-in called for a peaceful solution, urging General Dunford for America to find a diplomatic solution to the heightened situation.

Tensions between the USA and North Korea have gone nuclear in recent weeks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Trump trading threats and warnings.

The U.S. aluminum foil production industry accounts for US$6.8 billion in economic activity annually, according to a statement from the Aluminum Association, a trade group.

“Chinese government authorities jeopardize the value of trade secrets by demanding unnecessary disclosure of confidential information for product approvals”, the American Chamber of Commerce in China said in a report published in April.

China’s government appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday to avoid a “trade war” ahead of what the White House says is a possible announcement of an investigation into whether China is stealing U.S. technology.

China achieves its goals through direct and indirect means. They added that the trade measure would be carried out under the rules of global law and would not trigger greater conflict with China.

“The U.S.’ overall trade deficit in 2016 was US$502.3 billion, with its deficit with China exceeding US$300 billion”, the editorial continued.

YUN: Well, to be clear, China does not like the provocative behaviors that North Korea is pushing.

The president of China said that this issue should be addressed through dialogue and negotiations, in order to achieve a political solution. “That’s what happens when you put trade lawyers in charge of trade policy”.