MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA TRADE, U.S.-NORTH KOREA

UNCLAS BEIJING 002688 DEPARTMENT FOR INR/R/MR, EAP/CM, EAP/PA, EAP/PD, C HQ PACOM FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR (J007) SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA TRADE, U.S.-NORTH KOREA -------------- Editorial Quotes -------------- ¶1. U.S.-CHINA TRADE "U.S. pressures China and India on emissions reduction before the G20" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/18)(pg 11): "China and India have made significant progress on environmental protection and economic development in recent years. He Weiwen, at the China WTO Studies Institute, said that 30% of China's annual carbon emissions come from cheap products manufactured for developed countries. If the U.S. implements a carbon tariff, American consumers are the ones who will pay the price. Some countries are using carbon tariffs and subsidies to achieve their real goal of cracking down on and implementing protectionist policies against developing countries. The U.S. has carefully considered this issue in advance of the G20 summit. It is the continued policy of the United States to force China and India to make compromises on climate change and emissions reduction." "Once again the U.S. launches an anti-dumping investigation on Chinese steel pipes" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/18)(pg 11): "A Chinese official said that [the U.S. decision to start an anti-dumping investigation on Chinese steel pipes] is not good news. Protectionism will trigger a chain reaction, provoking more and more such measures. Zhang Yansheng, Director of the Foreign Economic Studies Department at the National Development and Reform Commission, said the U.S. and India always end up implementing severe protectionist measures against other countries. China should immediately respond to the U.S.'s actions in order to gain more international support, while at the same time making an effort to resolve the dispute. This does not mean, however, that there has to be a trade war with the U.S. Moreover, the nature of China's countervailing and anti-dumping investigations on U.S. [poultry and auto] products is different from the U.S. special protection case on tires. They are incomparable." ¶2. U.S.-NORTH KOREA "U.S. and North Korea may hold talks this fall; South Korea reminds U.S. not to forget denuclearization" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao)(09/18)(pg A29): "According to South Korean media, bilateral talks between the U.S. and North Korea may take place in October. South Korean officials stress that while they support the improvement in U.S.-North Korean relations, the principle of a denuclearized North Korea should not be forgotten in bilateral talks and the two countries should not ignore North-South Korean relations. A senior diplomat said that the U.S. and North Korea have established contact through their delegations at the UN and are discussing the content and form of bilateral talks. The U.S. is trying to get North Korea to return to the Six-Party Talks without losing face, but it is also trying to avoid having direct nuclear talks with the North." HUNTSMAN