China maintains it is open to negotiations with US on trade, calls for mutual respect

• Maintaining normal communication with US counterparts
• China is open to negotiations on economic, trade areas
• Calls for US to stop threats and blackmail, to resolve issues on basis of mutual respect

This when asked about the notion that Trump says the ball is in China's court. In essence, they're throwing the ball back over or at least trying to make sure that the US actually knows that the ball is actually in Trump's side of the court instead. And so the dance continues..