China decried U.S. tariffs, requested equal treatment for its firms in Raimondo meeting

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo attends a press conference at the Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services near the Shanghai Pudong International Airport, in Shanghai, China August 30, 2023. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights BEIJING, Aug 31 (Reuters) – China’s commerce minister urged Chinese companies investing in the U.S. to be given “equal treatment” and called U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports “discriminatory”, when he met U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo this week, his ministry said on Thursday. Wrapping up her four-day visit to Beijing on Tuesday, Raimondo said she had not expected any breakthroughs but was “leaving with some optimism,”…