U.S. not starting trade war but sees China tech threat: Ross
Wilbur Ross
DAVOS  Switzerland (Reuters) - The United States is not starting a trade war but trying to level the playing field of global commerce and fend off Chinese protectionism  including a “direct threat” in high-tech goods   U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross  said on Wednesday.
 Ross  was speaking a day after Washington imposed steep import tariffs on washing machines and solar panels  billed as a way to protect American jobs by President Donald Trump  who is widely expected to take further action on steel  aluminum and intellectual property.
“The Chinese have been for quite a little while been superb at free trade rhetoric and even more superb at highly protectionist behavior ”  Ross  said.
The “next area of challenge” would be China’s high tech ambitions under its 2025 plan  which aimed to make China a world leader with enormous market share “in most all of the new technologies that you can name and spell”   Ross  said.
DAVOS  Switzerland (Reuters) - The United States is not starting a trade war but trying to level the playing field of global commerce and fend off Chinese protectionism  including [TGT]said on Wednesday.
 [TGT]was speaking a day after Washington imposed steep import tariffs on washing machines and solar panels  billed as a way to protect American jobs by President Donald Trump  who is widely expected to take further action on steel  aluminum and intellectual property.
“The Chinese have been for quite a little while been superb at free trade rhetoric and even more superb at highly protectionist behavior ”  [TGT]said.
The “next area of challenge” would be China’s high tech ambitions under its 2025 plan  which aimed to make China a world leader with enormous market share “in most all of the new technologies that you can name and spell”   [TGT]said.