Hong Kong CNN —

China has accused the United States of “provoking new economic and trade frictions” as it responded to US President Donald Trump’s claims that Beijing had violated a trade truce agreed by the two nations last month, which paused their blistering tariff war.

China was “strictly implementing” the consensus of those trade talks, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said in a statement Monday, while blaming the US for taking steps that “seriously undermine” the agreement.

“The United States has been unilaterally provoking new economic and trade frictions, exacerbating the uncertainty and instability of bilateral economic and trade relations,” the statement said.

“If the United States insists on its own way and continues to undermine China’s interests, China will continue to ta

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