A white paper is an authoritative report of a government to inform readers concisely about a complex issue and presents the the government’s philosophy on the matter. On Beijing’s position, the White Paper states unequivocally: “China does not want a trade war, but it is not afraid of one. Making a stand: Dr Mahathir says US’ trade war on China is ‘stupid’. According to Stephen Gandel, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, Trump’s trade war has cost investors up to US$7 trillion (RM30 trillion). “We would not like to have the US-China trade war if more reasonable minds take over.

Source: The Star June 09, 2019 00:33 UTC