It's time US woke up and smelled the coffee

That Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao held a "candid, in-depth and pragmatic" conversation on bilateral trade and economic ties with US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo on the phone on Tuesday shows the two sides are maintaining close contact on different levels under the Sino-US communication mechanism agreed to by the two heads of state during their meeting in San Francisco in November.

Although the full details of the conversation are not known, Wang said progress has been made in deepening cooperation, managing differences and addressing the concerns of enterprises through such exchanges, indicating trade and economic relations could improve.

As Wang said, China is willing to work with the US on the basis of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation to implement the consensus reached by the two leaders in San Francisco, and put Sino-US relations back on track.