US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg has said that the US and China do not want a dispute over tyres to spark a broader trade war.
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Steinberg will visit China next week as part of an Asian tour.
Reuters reported that in a speech to the Centre for a New American Security, he said the US decision to impose a tariff on tyre imports from China had been taken under terms of a World Trade Organisation framework accepted by both countries.
Steinberg said both countries wanted to make sure “that this particular disagreement does not spark a trade war.”
The report added that US President Barack Obama sought to ease friction in a meeting with China’s President Hu Jintao on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York this week.
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By GlobalDataThe Obama administration has said it will impose duties of 35% in the first year on Chinese passenger and light truck tyres, provoking an angry response from the Chinese government earlier this month.
