China 'evaluating' US offer to engage in trade negotiations

Beijing is "evaluating" an offer from the US to engage in trade negotiations, the Chinese government has said, a week after Donald Trump claimed talks were already under way. China's commerce ministry said on Friday: "The US has recently taken the initiative on many occasions to convey information to China through relevant parties, saying it hopes to talk with China." On Thursday, influential commentators in China said the country was ready to engage in talks. Ren Yi, a nationalist blogger who writes under the nickname Chairman Rabbit, wrote that he had learned from sources that the US had "frequently and…