China on Tuesday denounced an appeal by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen for a US-European unified front against Chinese unfair economic practices and human rights abuses.
China strongly deplores and rejects Treasury Secretary Yellen's remarks, said a foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian.
Yellen issued the appeal Tuesday during a meeting with European Union officials in Brussels. President Joe Biden is trying to revive traditional alliances following the America First policies of his predecessor, Donald Trump.
Together, we need to counter threats to the principles of openness, fair competition, transparency and accountability, Yellen said, according to a text released by her department.
These challenges include China's unfair economic practices, malign behavior and human rights abuses, Yellen said. The more we confront these threats with a unified front, the more successful we will be.
Zhao rejected the criticism, saying Beijing always firmly supported the multilateral trading .
